Best Ted Hughes Quotes
- He was his own leftover, the spat-out scrag. He was what his brain could make nothing of. Brain
- There is no better way to know us Than as two wolves, come separately to a wood. Better
- In the pit of red You hid from the bone-clinic whiteness But the jewel you lost was blue. Blue
- And that's how we measure out our real respect for people—by the degree of feeling they can register, the voltage of life they can carry… All
- That's the paradox: the only time most people feel alive is when they're suffering, when something overwhelms their ordinary, careful armour, and the naked child… Adaptive
- Do as you like with me. I'm your parcel. I have only our address on me. Open me, or readdress me. Address
- You solve it as you get older, when you reach the point where you've tasted so much that you can somehow sacrifice certain things more… Acceptance
- The dreamer in her Had fallen in love with me and she did not know it. That moment the dreamer in me Fell in love… Dreamer
- So we found the end of our journey. So we stood, alive in the river of light, Among the creatures of light, creatures of light. Alive
- Before us stands yesterday. Stands