Quote by Heather McHugh Download Open image ““I('m the woman who) always forgot where she was-in a state, in a sentence.”” — Heather McHugh ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“This was the place where someone had led her, only she could not remember who and could not remember when. Just that this was… — Abby Slovin Copy Share Image
“When you’ve lost your girl, it doesn’t much matter where you live. Everywhere is just The Place She Isn’t, and that’s the front and… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
“She wanted to lose herself in the words, in other times and places” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“...It's just that sometimes I get so lost in the places the words take me to I forget where I am and—” — Julie Bertagna Copy Share Image
“She had never been to college, and I often wondered where her life would have led under different circumstances. She might have been a… — T.J. Forrester Copy Share Image
“I love my State, because her people have been good and kind to me, and because her sky is above my home, as it… — William Woods Holden Copy Share Image
“She had forgotten how to care about the city that had taken so much from her. Forgetting was the only way she had found… — Claire Legrand Copy Share Image
At last you kissed me, I could die in waves again, and one good lick of quicksand took… — Heather McHugh Copy Share Image
I began to write because I was too shy to talk, and too lonely not to send messages. — Heather McHugh Copy Share Image
“The day they brought him forth to die they feared he might incite the crowd (the man was famous for his eloquence). And so… — Heather McHugh Copy Share Image
Given a blank we can’t help trying to fill it in along lines of customary seeing or saying. But the best poetic lines undermine… — Heather McHugh Copy Share Image
I think one of poetry's functions is not to give us what we want... The poet isn't always of use to the tribe. The… — Heather McHugh Copy Share Image
“So what are your poems about? They're about ... how nothing is about, they're not about about. --Heather McHugh, 20-200 on 747” — Heather McHugh Copy Share Image
