Poetry Quote by G.K. Chesterton

“Poets find their voices when they articulate the wishes of the dead, especially those slain as sacrificial talismans to a larger frame of existence.”

— Michael S. Harper

“I think, for the writer, rather as for the priest, there isn't such a thing as success.”

— Graham Greene

“...poets generally write as if they were dead.”

— Ivy Compton-Burnett

“A crowd of men stood in front of them. Of all ages, with expressions of sex-wonder in their eyes, gazing curiously as men who…

— Jim Tully

“A poet, you see, is a light thing, and winged and holy, and cannot compose before he gets inspiration and loses control of his…

— Plato

“And when you spoke to me, I did not know That to my life's high altar came its priest.”

— Sara Teasdale

“But I am wise if not yet quite old, wanting the poem more than the lover, wanting words more than the sticky dew men…

— Erica Jong

“You don't need words to talk to HIm. Words are for the priests. He doesn't care for words. He knows only your thoughts and…

— R. N. Prasher

“There’s a Heartrender at the Little Palace who can recite epic poetry for hours. Then you’d wish you had died.”

— Leigh Bardugo

“The priest must preach the pure words of God.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“This is a mere matter of the moment. I think I shall be among the English poets after my death.”

— John Keats

“You want to be a poet and not die.”

— Erica Jong