Die young Quote by George Howe Colt

The literary scene is filled with young people now, which is a great joy. They seem fully capable of saving the world, as we…

— Connie Wanek

“Some say a sunset can be too beautiful for words.I'd agree with that.There are a lot of things too beautiful for words for me.To…

— Shey Stahl

Do not fear to put novels into the hands of young people as an occasional holiday experiment, but above all, good poetry in all…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Starlight encased in flesh. Fire burning in so much water. Poetry living in hard spaces. oh, how the body loves”

— Lady Grey

“Oh the glamour of youth! Oh the fire of it, more dazzling than the flames of the burning ship, throwing a magic light on…

— Joseph Conrad

The real world is cruel, but in the comfort of literature it can bring some light.

— Jeremy Limn

Poetry is the fiery index to the genius of the age.

— Babette Deutsch

In a lethal world, poetry is necessary for survival.

— Mary Caroline Richards

“The heart contains passion but the imagination alone contains poetry,’ says Charles Baudelaire. This too was the lesson that Theophile Gautier, most subtle of…

— Oscar Wilde

“Poetry, is a life long war waged against ineffable beauty.”

— Atticus Poetry

It's interesting how young poets think of death while old fogies think of girls.

— Bohumil Hrabal

“What is most appealing about young folks, after all, is the changes, not the still photograph of finished character but the movie, the soul…

— Thomas Pynchon