"The whole shadow of Man is only as…" — Elizabeth Bishop

"The whole shadow of Man is only as big as his hat."

— Elizabeth Bishop

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35 Quotes by Elizabeth Bishop

Elizabeth Bishop has 35 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

All my life I have lived and behaved very much like the sandpiper - just running down the edges of…
The art of losing isn't hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that…
What childishness is it that while there's breath of life in our bodies, we are determined to rush to see…
And as to experience-well, think how little some good poets have had, or how much some bad ones have.
Democracy in the contemporary world demands, among other things, an educated and informed people.
The armored cars of dreams, contrived to let us do so many a dangerous thing.
Hoping to live days of greater happiness, I forget that days of less happiness are passing by.
Why shouldn't we, so generally addicted to the gigantic, at last have some small works of art, some short poems,…
Icebergs behoove the soul (both being self-made from elements least visible) to see themselves: fleshed, fair, erected, indivisible.
I HATED the Salinger story. It took me days to go through it, gingerly, a page at a time, and…
Sometimes it seemsas though only intelligent people are stupid enough to fall in love & only stupid people are intelligent…
What one seems to want in art, in experiencing it, is the same thing that is necessary for its creation,…

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If you are careful with people, they will offer you part of themselves. That is the big secret. — Eve Arnold
I had some big ups and downs when I was in my 20s and the one thing I learned was,… — Darren Aronofsky
These big-package releases. There should be a cute name for them. — Julian Assange
I just wish the world was twice as big and half of it was still unexplored. — David Attenborough
Apart from anything else, I am designed by evolution, like we all are: if we see a little thing like… — David Attenborough
I have a big following among the biogeeks of this world. Nobody ever puts them in books. — Margaret Atwood
For better or worse, zoos are how most people come to know big or exotic animals. Few will ever see… — Diane Ackerman
I've always been a big fan of science fiction and of the worlds of the spiritual and the mystic. — Dan Aykroyd
In some places women have all the rights they deserve and in others there are big restrictions - in some… — Michelle Bachelet
Small business is the backbone of our economy. I'm for big business, too. But small business is where the jobs… — Michele Bachmann
I want my candidacy for the presidency of the United States to stand for a moment when we the people,… — Michele Bachmann

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