The observations and encounters of a solitary, taciturn man are vaguer and at the same times more intense than those of a… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
“Shakespeare could not have written without Marlowe, or Marlowe without Chaucer, or Chaucer without those forgotten poets who paved the ways and… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
When I came into consciousness as a writer when I was in my early 20s, I just assumed that a writer did… — W. S. Di Piero Copy Share Image
Poetry is that magic which consists in awakening sensations with the help of a combination of sounds ... that sorcery by which… — John Banville Copy Share Image
“I was challenged to do a little exercise with these verses (1 Cor 13:4-8), one that was profoundly convicting. Take the phrase… — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
Functions of technical information, historic record, analytic argument, which are integral and obvious to Dante's use of verse are now almost completely… — George Steiner Copy Share Image
“He showed, in a few words, that it is not sufficient to throw together a few incidents that are to be met… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“This is how the past interrupts our lives, all of it entering the same doorway--like the hole in the trunk of my… — Natasha Trethewey Copy Share Image
“There are three lessons I would write- Three words, as with a burning pen, In tracings of eternal light, Upon the heart… — Friedrich Von Schiller Copy Share Image
Slowly I would get to pen and paper, Make my poems for others unseen and unborn. In the day I would be… — Muriel Rukeyser Copy Share Image
Another power I don't have," said Lissa ruefully. I grinned. "Hey, I have yet to meet any spirit user who can throw… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
“At the round earth's imagined corners blow Your trumpets, angels, and arise, arise From death, you numberless infinities Of souls, and to… — John Donne Copy Share Image
“I’ve only written one decent poem in my life called “Lizard up My Leg”: A lizard up my leg gave me a… — Danny Rubin Copy Share Image
If you have no love, do what you will - go after all the gods on earth, do all the social activities,… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
I only wish the poets would say this too: love is of the body; not the body, but of the the body.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
This day relenting God Hath placed within my hand A wondrous thing; and God Be praised. At His command, Seeking His secret… — Ronald Ross Copy Share Image
Then my verse I dishonor, my pictures despise, my person degrade and my temper chastise; and the pen is my terror, the… — William Blake Copy Share Image
What’s that poem again?” Will, who had been twirling his empty teacup around his fingers, stood up straight and declaimed: “Each spake… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
I think that happens for a lot of people, they have this idea that there's only one type of way to write… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
“And Ut Pictura Poesis Is Her Name" You can’t say it that way any more. Bothered about beauty you have to Come… — John Ashbery Copy Share Image
I work to loud music - hard-rock stuff like AC/DC, Guns 'n Roses, and Metallica have always been particular favorites - but… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Come boy, and pour for me a cup Of old Falernian. Fill it up With wine, strong, sparkling, bright, and clear; Our… — Catullus Copy Share Image
I once had a dreams of becoming a beautiful poet, but upon an unfortunate series of events some of those dreams dashed… — Lana Del Rey Copy Share Image
“You have never fought for anything in your life. You write poems and articles about slavery and the murder of Indians and… — Matthew Pearl Copy Share Image
“I wanted to say, with as much sarcasm as I could put into my voice, "Sir, your poem is both original and… — Helon Habila Copy Share Image
Poems reveal secrets when they are analyzed. The poet's pleasure in finding ingenious ways to enclose her secrets should be matched by… — Diane Wakoski Copy Share Image
Whenever I talk about Christ out loud, or I tweet a verse or say something in reference about Christ, a lot of… — Jon Jones Copy Share Image
“The world was a glorious place this morning. The birds were particularly noisy in their greeting to the day. The sky was… — Karen Ranney Copy Share Image
I let them [Kanye and Pharrell] be them; they let me be me. I'm just a little boy that does poetry whose… — Malik Yusef Copy Share Image
“Married against their will, kept in one room, and to one occupation, how could a dramatist give a full or interesting or… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“I respond to many names. Sometimes I am different people. Sometimes I am the me that howls in the night. Sometimes I… — Jessica Bates Copy Share Image
“And so we sat there in the sickening sillage of the truth, neither of us angry, or upset, just muddling through this… — Robyn Schneider Copy Share Image
Plato said that poets should be excluded from the ideal republic because they are such liars. I am a poet, and I… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
What we do may be small, but it has a certain character of permanence; and to have produced anything of the slightest… — G. H. Hardy Copy Share Image
We rely upon the poets, the philosophers, and the playwrights to articulate what most of us can only feel, in joy or… — Helen Hayes Copy Share Image
I have just been to a city in the West, a city full of poets, a city they have made safe for… — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
When he went blundering back to God, His songs half written, his work half done, Who knows what paths his bruised feet… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
Sometimes tender, sometimes spiral-eyed-but always, as we say, 'of a mind' -Lily Brown's sonorous and cerebral poems can fire synapses you never… — Graham Foust Copy Share Image
I am completing a book I began back in 2002 called 'Poems in the Manner of.' 'The Matador of Metaphor' is from… — David Lehman Copy Share Image
For centuries poets, some poets, have tried to give a voice to the animals, and readers, some readers, have felt empathy and… — Joy Williams Copy Share Image
![“At the round earth's imagined corners blow Your trumpets, angels, and arise, arise From death, you numberless infinities Of souls, and to your scattered bodies go ; All whom the flood did, and fire shall o'erthrow, All whom war, dea[r]th, age, agues, tyrannies, Despair, law, chance hath slain, and…” quote by John Donne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51d/john-donne-933_apocalypse_at-the-round-earth-s-imagined-corners-bl_2567860.jpg)
![“I let them [Kanye and Pharrell] be them; they let me be me. I'm just a little boy that does poetry whose friends got famous, and I like it that way. I like to be found. I don't want to be overexposed. I love when people discover me and discover my music.” quote by Malik Yusef](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/754/malik-yusef-34505_boys_i-let-them-kanye-and-pharrell-be-them-th_1806348.jpg)
