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> [If the heart bleeds love, bare it, If the martyr's crown fits, wear it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mcgough/if-the-heart-bleeds-love-bare-it-if-the-martyr-s-crown-fits-wear-it/)

[Roger McGough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mcgough/)

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## More by Roger McGough

> [I wish the word whimsical wasn't used now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mcgough/i-wish-the-word-whimsical-wasn-t-used-now/)

[Roger McGough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mcgough/)

> [If the heart bleeds love, bare it, If the martyr's crown fits, wear it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mcgough/if-the-heart-bleeds-love-bare-it-if-the-martyr-s-crown-fits-wear-it/)

[Roger McGough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mcgough/)

> [I was put off by people at school - my cabbage wasn't as good as other people's, you know, so that put me off.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mcgough/i-was-put-off-by-people-at-school-my-cabbage-wasn-t-as-good-as-other/)

[Roger McGough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mcgough/)

> [by thus keeping one pace ahead of myself I need never catch up with the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mcgough/by-thus-keeping-one-pace-ahead-of-myself-i-need-never-catch-up-with/)

[Roger McGough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mcgough/)

> [We shouldn't have got married, really. Shouldn't have got married. Too young. Not ready for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mcgough/we-shouldn-t-have-got-married-really-shouldn-t-have-got-married-too/)

[Roger McGough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mcgough/)

> [Yes, you can feel very alone as a poet and you sometimes think, is it worth it? Is it worth carrying on? But because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mcgough/yes-you-can-feel-very-alone-as-a-poet-and-you-sometimes-think-is-it/)

[Roger McGough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mcgough/)

> [Do people who wave at trains Wave at the driver, or at the train itself? Or, do people who wave at trains Wave at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mcgough/do-people-who-wave-at-trains-wave-at-the-driver-or-at-the-train/)

[Roger McGough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mcgough/)

> [“The time I like best is 6am when the snow is 6 inches deep which I'm yet to discover 'cause I'm under the covers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mcgough/the-time-i-like-best-is-6am-when-the-snow-is-6-inches-deep-which-i-m/)

[Roger McGough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mcgough/)

> [If I decide to be indecisive, that's my decision](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mcgough/if-i-decide-to-be-indecisive-that-s-my-decision/)

[Roger McGough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mcgough/)

> [You will put on a dress of guilt and shoes with broken high ideals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mcgough/you-will-put-on-a-dress-of-guilt-and-shoes-with-broken-high-ideals/)

[Roger McGough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mcgough/)

> [There's the moon trying to look romanticMoon's too old that's her troubleAren't we all?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mcgough/there-s-the-moon-trying-to-look-romanticmoon-s-too-old-that-s-her/)

[Roger McGough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mcgough/)

> [“noone knows and noone sees we lovers doing what we please but people stop and point at these ten milk bottles a-turning into cheese”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mcgough/noone-knows-and-noone-sees-we-lovers-doing-what-we-please-but-people/)

[Roger McGough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mcgough/)

> [“So it's off with the shellsuit and on with the Armanis, Bring out the champagne and the caviar sarnies”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mcgough/so-it-s-off-with-the-shellsuit-and-on-with-the-armanis-bring-out-the/)

[Roger McGough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mcgough/)

> [Let me die a youngman's death not a clean and in-between- the-sheets, holy-water death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mcgough/let-me-die-a-youngman-s-death-not-a-clean-and-in-between-the-sheets/)

[Roger McGough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mcgough/)

> [Everyday I think about dying About disease, starvation, violence, terrorism, war, the end of the world. It helps keep my mind off things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mcgough/everyday-i-think-about-dying-about-disease-starvation-violence/)

[Roger McGough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mcgough/)

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