All Philip Larkin Quotes
- The only way to eliminate unemployment is to eliminate unemployment benefits. Benefits
- I think writing about unhappiness is probably the source of my popularity, if I have any - after all, most people are unhappy, don't you… All
- He married a woman to stop her getting away Now she's there all day. All
- SEX is designed for people who like overcoming obstacles. Designed
- Slowly light strengthens, and the room takes shape. It stands plain as a wardrobe, what we know, Have always known, know that we can't escape,… Accept
- We should be careful / Of each other, we should be kind / While there is still time. Careful
- I didn't choose poetry: poetry chose me. Choose
- I think that at the bottom of all art lies the impulse to preserve. All
- I don’t think I write well—just better than anyone else, Anyone
- All the unhurried day / Your mind lay open like a drawer of knives, All
- I work all day, and get half-drunk at night, All
- A good meal can somewhat repair / The eatings of slight love Eating
- Life is first boredom, then fear, Boredom
- I like spaghetti because you don't have to take your eyes off the book to pick about among it, it's all the same. All
- You can't put off being young until you retire. Inspirational
- As a child, I thought I hated everybody, but when I grew up I realized it was just children I didn't like. Child
- Parting is a training streamer,Lingering like leaves in autumn... Autumn
- To write you must be warm, fed, loved and sober. Fed
- Above all, though, children are linked to adults by the simple fact that they are in process of turning into them. For this they may… Adult
- In everyone there sleeps. A sense of life lived according to love. To some it means the difference they could make. By loving others, but… According