Sonnet Quotes

71 quotes by 60 authors

Requiescat Tread lightly, she is near Under the snow, Speak gently, she can hear The daisies grow. All her bright golden hair Tarnished with rust,… — Oscar Wilde
Whoever you are, bear in mind that appearance is not reality. Some people act like extroverts, but the effort costs them energy, authenticity, and even… — Susan Cain
I built up these lumber piles of love, and with fourteen boards each I built little houses, so that your eyes, which I adore and… — Pablo Neruda
My colleagues in elementary particle theory in many lands [and I] are driven by the usual insatiable curiosity of the scientist, and our work is… — Murray Gell-Mann
Profound subject matter can be encompassed in small space - for proof, look at any sonnet by Shakespeare! — Cynthia Ozick
Sonnet is about movement in a form. — Seamus Heaney
If you have so earth-creeping a mind that it cannot lift itself up to look to the sky of poetry... thus much curse I must… — Philip Sidney
I intended an Ode, And it turned to a Sonnet. — Henry Austin Dobson
His sonnet to me:Of u no what love is you will read this love is meaningful and wanerful this is fourteen line and very kind… — Unknown Author
How can I compare such a thing Not a song could explain this love Leave me now and it will forever sting A passion strong… — Unknown Author
I thought I'd begin by reading a sonnet by Shakespeare, but then I thought, why should I? He never reads any of mine. — Spike Milligan

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