“If he's a poet, why's he in jail?" demanded a suspicious voice. Madam Chairwoman shrugged velvet shoulders. "Perhaps he writes free verse," she suggested cunningly. A stir of approval answered her. Mice are all for people being free, so that… — Margery Sharp Copy Share Image
It is the gift of all poets to find the commonplace astonishing, and the astonishing quite natural. — Margery Sharp Copy Share Image
“If he's a poet, why's he in jail?" demanded a suspicious voice. Madam Chairwoman shrugged velvet shoulders. "Perhaps he writes free verse," she suggested… — Margery Sharp Copy Share Image
Youth is always a little offended to find itself not preferred: it cannot help feeling that when it admits the old to its society,… — Margery Sharp Copy Share Image
“If you had a smattering of education you would realize that perfection of form can give validity to any sentiment, however preposterous.” — Margery Sharp Copy Share Image
