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title: "1 Day Breaking Quotes By James Merrill"
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> [The day is breaking someone else's heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-merrill/the-day-is-breaking-someone-else-s-heart/)

[James Merrill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-merrill/)

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## More by James Merrill

> [The day is breaking someone else's heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-merrill/the-day-is-breaking-someone-else-s-heart/)

[James Merrill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-merrill/)

> [I'd like to think the scientists need us - but do they? Did Newton need Blake?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-merrill/i-d-like-to-think-the-scientists-need-us-but-do-they-did-newton-need/)

[James Merrill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-merrill/)

> [At college I'd seen my dead frog's limbs twitch under some applied stimulus or other - seen, but hadn't believed. Didn't dream of thinking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-merrill/at-college-i-d-seen-my-dead-frog-s-limbs-twitch-under-some-applied/)

[James Merrill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-merrill/)

> [“Lost, is it, buried? One more missing piece? But nothing's lost. Or else: all is translation And every bit of us is lost in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-merrill/lost-is-it-buried-one-more-missing-piece-but-nothing-s-lost-or-else/)

[James Merrill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-merrill/)

> [I see those two hearts, I'm afraid, Still. Cool here in the graveyard of good and evil, They are even so to be honored…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-merrill/i-see-those-two-hearts-i-m-afraid-still-cool-here-in-the-graveyard-of/)

[James Merrill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-merrill/)

> [“Freedom to be oneself is all very well; the greater freedom is not to be oneself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-merrill/freedom-to-be-oneself-is-all-very-well-the-greater-freedom-is-not-to/)

[James Merrill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-merrill/)

> [Arthur Young's Reflexive Universe - fascinating but too schematic to fit into my scheme. The most I could hope for was a sense of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-merrill/arthur-young-s-reflexive-universe-fascinating-but-too-schematic-to/)

[James Merrill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-merrill/)

> [Strange about parents. We have such easy access to them and such daunting problems of communication.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-merrill/strange-about-parents-we-have-such-easy-access-to-them-and-such/)

[James Merrill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-merrill/)

> [“The eggshell of appearance split.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-merrill/the-eggshell-of-appearance-split/)

[James Merrill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-merrill/)

> [Before trying a novel I wrote a couple of plays.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-merrill/before-trying-a-novel-i-wrote-a-couple-of-plays/)

[James Merrill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-merrill/)

> [And, as I have said, it's made me think twice about the imagination. If the spirits aren't external, how astonishing the mediums become! Victor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-merrill/and-as-i-have-said-it-s-made-me-think-twice-about-the-imagination-if/)

[James Merrill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-merrill/)

> [Knowing some Greek helped defuse forbidding words - not that I counted much on using them. You'll find only trace elements of this language…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-merrill/knowing-some-greek-helped-defuse-forbidding-words-not-that-i-counted/)

[James Merrill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-merrill/)

> [In life, there are no perfect affections.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-merrill/in-life-there-are-no-perfect-affections/)

[James Merrill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-merrill/)

> [But those two plays left me on fresh terms with language. I didn't always have to speak in my own voice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-merrill/but-those-two-plays-left-me-on-fresh-terms-with-language-i-didn-t/)

[James Merrill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-merrill/)

> [Class is classlessness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-merrill/class-is-classlessness/)

[James Merrill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-merrill/)

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