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> [“I tried to tell her how if you could not accept the past and its burden there was no future, for without one there cannot be the other, and if you could accept the past you might hope for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-penn-warren/i-tried-to-tell-her-how-if-you-could-not-accept-the-past-and-its/)

[Robert Penn Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-penn-warren/)

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## More by Robert Penn Warren

> [If you are an idealist, it does not matter what you do or what goes on around you because it isn't real anyway.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-penn-warren/if-you-are-an-idealist-it-does-not-matter-what-you-do-or-what-goes-on/)

[Robert Penn Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-penn-warren/)

> [“The child comes home and the parent puts the hooks in him. The old man, or the woman, as the case may be, hasn’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-penn-warren/the-child-comes-home-and-the-parent-puts-the-hooks-in-him-the-old-man/)

[Robert Penn Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-penn-warren/)

> [The poem is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-penn-warren/the-poem-is-a-little-myth-of-man-s-capacity-of-making-life-meaningful/)

[Robert Penn Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-penn-warren/)

> [“There is nothing more alone than being in a car at night in the rain. I was in the car. And I was glad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-penn-warren/there-is-nothing-more-alone-than-being-in-a-car-at-night-in-the-rain/)

[Robert Penn Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-penn-warren/)

> [“No, the Boss corrected, I'm not a lawyer. I know some law. ... but I'm not a lawyer. That's why I can see what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-penn-warren/no-the-boss-corrected-i-m-not-a-lawyer-i-know-some-law-but-i-m-not-a/)

[Robert Penn Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-penn-warren/)

> [ \[A\]nd soon now we shall go out of the house and go into the convulsion of the world, out of history into history and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-penn-warren/a-nd-soon-now-we-shall-go-out-of-the-house-and-go-into-the-convulsion/)

[Robert Penn Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-penn-warren/)

> [“Those were the ones which would turn loose their grip on the branch before long-- not in any breeze, the fibers would just relax,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-penn-warren/those-were-the-ones-which-would-turn-loose-their-grip-on-the-branch/)

[Robert Penn Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-penn-warren/)

> [“Sometimes sleep gets to be a serious and complete thing. You stop going to sleep in order that you may be able to get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-penn-warren/sometimes-sleep-gets-to-be-a-serious-and-complete-thing-you-stop/)

[Robert Penn Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-penn-warren/)

> [“He thought of night coming on. He thought of the loneliness of tonight, this first night in the ground. This, he thought, was the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-penn-warren/he-thought-of-night-coming-on-he-thought-of-the-loneliness-of-tonight/)

[Robert Penn Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-penn-warren/)

> [I reckon I am a smart aleck, but it is just a way to pass the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-penn-warren/i-reckon-i-am-a-smart-aleck-but-it-is-just-a-way-to-pass-the-time/)

[Robert Penn Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-penn-warren/)

> [The poem is not a thing we see; it is, rather, a light by which we may see.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-penn-warren/the-poem-is-not-a-thing-we-see-it-is-rather-a-light-by-which-we-may/)

[Robert Penn Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-penn-warren/)

> [The asking and the answering which history provides may help us to understand, even to frame, the logic of experience to which we shall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-penn-warren/the-asking-and-the-answering-which-history-provides-may-help-us-to/)

[Robert Penn Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-penn-warren/)

> [Process as process is neither morally good nor morally bad. We may judge results but not process. The morally bad agent may perform the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-penn-warren/process-as-process-is-neither-morally-good-nor-morally-bad-we-may/)

[Robert Penn Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-penn-warren/)

> [The end of man is knowledge, but there is one thing he can't know. He can't know whether knowledge will save him or kill…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-penn-warren/the-end-of-man-is-knowledge-but-there-is-one-thing-he-can-t-know-he/)

[Robert Penn Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-penn-warren/)

> [For the truth is a terrible thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-penn-warren/for-the-truth-is-a-terrible-thing/)

[Robert Penn Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-penn-warren/)

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