Fear Quote by Jake Adam York Download Open image “The things we fear about poetry are the things that are good about poetry.” — Jake Adam York ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Fear Fear Poetry Funny Good poetry Inspirational Love Poetry Poetry Things Success Things Fear
The fear of poetry is an indication that we are cut off from our own reality. — Muriel Rukeyser Copy Share Image
“Children delight in poetry if they are not frightened away by adults' fear of poetry.” — Mary Crow Copy Share Image
Our poetry now is the realization that we possess nothing. Anything therefore is a delight (since we do not posses it) and thus need… — John Cage Copy Share Image
Poetry can be dangerous, especially beautiful poetry, because it gives the illusion of having had the experience without actually going through it. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think many people love poetry who don't know they love it. People are sometimes afraid of poetry, or they've been introduced to poetry… — Ellen Bass Copy Share Image
“There are a handful of poems, which perhaps might need their own warning for the people who are frightened, disturbed, or terminally puzzled by… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“Poetry can unleash a terrible fear. I suppose it is the fear of possibilities, too many possibilities, each with its own endless set of… — Jim Carroll Copy Share Image
We all fear loneliness, madness, dying. Shakespeare and Walt Whitman, Leopardi and Hart Crane will not cure those fears. And yet these poets bring… — Harold Bloom Copy Share Image
Sometimes my poetry is an attempt to keep off existential terror; sometimes it is a grappling with philosophical problems; sometimes just fun. — Gwen Harwood Copy Share Image
This may sound strange, but although I feel like I know everything about my characters, the brand of shampoo they use, how many cavities… — Gail Honeyman Copy Share Image
“That horrible stinging sensation returned, the muscles behind my eyes straining as the first tear began to fall. “I’m scared, too. For eighteen months… — Devon Ashley Copy Share Image
“...Often that which most we fear births the resolve that spurs us on to altitudes we could not have achieved, had we continued walking… — M.T. Anderson Copy Share Image
“Anything that you find yourself worrying about regularly may find you suddenly wanting unrealistic changes.” — Nagisa Tatsumi Copy Share Image
“We all know how the thing we secretly fear is not a secret at all but the open and eternal thing that predicts its… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
When you're scared - and I mean really scared, not just hearing a noise in the night, or standing toe to toe with someone… — Alexander Gordon Smith Copy Share Image
“I had nowhere to go and did not wish to be seen by anyone for fear they would recognize my sadness and so for… — Patrick deWitt Copy Share Image
It's easier to change a law than an age-old mentality. Deep down, many prejudices, many hostilities, many fears persist. But if we take a… — Dacia Maraini Copy Share Image
“Snip off the little worries and expressions of worry” like little branches atop a tall tree.28 If you are truly worried, sharing your concerns… — Tim Sanders Copy Share Image
“Fear and desire for pleasure. Aggressiveness comes out of fear, predominantly, and sexuality predominantly out of the other. But they mix in the middle.… — Marilyn French Copy Share Image
