Best Marianne Moore Sayings
- Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others. Almost Sure
- There never was a war that was not inward. Inspirational
- The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence. Always Shows
- Your thorns are the best part of you. Best
- The hands are the heart's messengers. Hands
- The heart that gives, gathers. Abundance
- The self does not realize itself most fully when self-realization is its most constant aim. Aim
- ... we do not admire what we cannot understand. Admire
- ... imaginary gardens with real toads in them ... ... if you demand on one hand, the raw material of poetry in all its rawness… All
- They fought the enemy, we fight fat living and self-pity. Shine, o shine, unfalsifying sun, on this sick scene. Enemy
- If we can't be cordial to these creatures' fleece, I think that we deserve to freeze. Cordial
- I am hard to disgust, but a pretentious poet can do it Disgust
- There never was a war that was not inward; I must fight till I have conquered in myself what causes war. Causes
- Poetry is all nouns and verbs. All
- Which of us has not been stunned by the beauty of an animal's skin or its flexibility in motion? Animal
- My father used to say superior people never make long visits. Father
- Psychology which explains everything explains nothing, and we are still in doubt. Doubt
- The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in silence, but restraint. Always Shows
- If you will tell me why the fen appears impassable, I then will tell you why I think that I can cross it if I… Appears
- It is quite cruel that a poet cannot wander through his regions of enchantment without having a critic, forever, like the old man of the… Cannot Wander
- The passion for setting people right is in itself an inflictive disease. Disease