"Poetry is a fireplace in summer or a…" — Robert Hass

"Poetry is a fireplace in summer or a fan in winter."

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28 Quotes by Robert Hass

Robert Hass has 28 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

A word is elegy to what it signifies.
It's hell writing and it's hell not writing. The only tolerable state is having just written.
Nostalgia locates desire in the past where it suffers no active conflict and can be yearned toward pleasantly.
One may prefer spring and summer to autumn and winter, but preference is hardly to the point. The earth turns,…
Golf is a worrier's game, inward, concentrated, a matter of inches, invented by the same people who gave us Presbyterianism.
It is good sometimes for poetry to disenchant us.
Justice is the well water of the city of/ Novgorod, black and sweet
The birds are silent in the woods. / Just wait: soon enough / You will be quiet too
All the new thinking is about loss. In this it resembles all the old thinking
I think that the job of poetry, its political job, is to refresh the idea of justice, which is going…
The Earth forgives the previous year every year.
The first book that really knocked me out was the 'Brothers Karamazov.' I read it when I was a senior…

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I've always been a big fan of science fiction and of the worlds of the spiritual and the mystic. — Dan Aykroyd
I'm a mad Gummi fan. I always have Gummis in my trailer. But you can't eat too many because then… — Jensen Ackles
I don't understand the mentality of a rock fan, being obsessed with two or three songs from 25 years ago.… — Sebastian Bach
I have been a gigantic Rolling Stones fan since approximately the Spanish-American War. — Dave Barry
I love my fan base because they never high-five me; they always get really shifty and hide. Adam Sandler's fan… — Kate Beckinsale
I'm a fan of action movies. — Kate Beckinsale
Who needs fan mail when you have the Internet? — Nuno Bettencourt
I'm a big fan of all-you-can-eat plans, because they're simpler for customers. — Jeff Bezos
I'm quite happy being myself. I'm a big fan of Jessica Lange and Jeanne Moreau, but I don't want to… — Jacqueline Bisset
I like college football, but I'm a huge college basketball fan. I could sit and watch every game of March… — Lewis Black
I'm a big sports fan. Football. Cricket. — Danny Boyle
As the Tories know, the problem with setting yourself up as a shining example for others to follow is that… — Jo Brand

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