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Age Quote by Robert Creeley

“I know this body is impatient. I know I constitute only a meager voice and mind. Yet I loved, I love. I want no sentimentality. I want no more than home.” quote by Robert Creeley
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“I know this body is impatient. I know I constitute only a meager voice and mind. Yet I loved, I love. I want no sentimentality. I want no more than home.”

Robert Creeley

About This Quote

Source Poetry Collection: The Collected Poems, 1972

The speaker acknowledges personal limitations yet embraces love and a simple longing for home, rejecting sentimentality.

In simple terms: Accept limits, love, and crave home.

Key Takeaway

Embrace love despite imperfections.

Themes

love home humility

Mood

introspective melancholic

Type

poetic philosophical

When to use this quote

  • relationship challenges
  • loneliness
  • creative writing
  • family life

Key Concepts

existentialism personal identity

Questions to Reflect On

  • What does “home” mean to you?
  • How do you balance love with self‑acceptance?
A Different Perspective

Romanticizing home can ignore practical needs.

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