Poets Quote by William Edgar Stafford Download Open image ““Between roars the lion purrs.”” — William Edgar Stafford ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Poets
“His face, at once beautiful and feral, revealed no more than the lion’s face, which says nothing at all as the lion crouches and… — Patricia A. McKillip Copy Share Image
“Let me play the lion too: I will roar that I will do any man's heart good to hear me. I will roar that… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“My enemies are lions behind my back but become like quiet sheep when in my presence.” — Kambiz Mostofizadeh Copy Share Image
“I faced the "dead lion" courageously but will definitely run if I meet a roaring one...” — Bahterawan Copy Share Image
“Politicians need citizens who will permit them to behave reasonably.” — William Edgar Stafford Copy Share Image
“Save the world by torturing one innocent child? Which innocent child?” — William Edgar Stafford Copy Share Image
“Those times you caught them out and showed them up -- they learned how stupid they are. But now you'll never hear the little… — William Edgar Stafford Copy Share Image
“Those who champion democracy, but make a fetish of never accepting anything they don't agree with -- what advantage do they see in democracy?” — William Edgar Stafford Copy Share Image
“Reluctant hero, drafted again each Fourth of July, I'll bow and remember you. Who shall we follow next? Who shall we kill next time?” — William Edgar Stafford Copy Share Image
“An Afternoon in the Stacks Closing the book, I find I have left my head inside. It is dark in here, but the chapters… — William Edgar Stafford Copy Share Image
Defeat furnishes good material to the poets and the artists, but none of us care to have the glory of the conquered apply to… — Susan Glaspell Copy Share Image
Absolute is a game with only one player where Absolute forgets itself so it would have a reason to fulfill the motion while returning. — Dejan Stojanovic Copy Share Image
“[poems are] crystals deposited after the effervescent contact of the spirit with reality. (cristaux deposes apres l'effervescent contact de l'esprit avec la realite)” — Pierre Reverdy Copy Share Image
Most of the more celebrated names among African-American authors, poets, and artists are known to the world because of their association with specific cultural… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
“When one does something, one must do it wholly and well. Those bastard existences where you sell suet all day and write poetry at… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
“Don’t let the bad times get you down, You have some of those moments where life tells you, it’s time to cry. Without those,… — Tiffany McDaniel, On the Savage Side Copy Share Image
Poets are soldiers that liberate words from the steadfast possession of definition. — Eli Khamarov Copy Share Image
There are some fine books and essays about that. Lewis Hyde has written about alcoholism and poets and the role that society gives its… — Sharon Olds Copy Share Image
I am a romantic, in a literary way, by which I mean the Romantic poets, who thought just because a sensation is fleeting doesn't… — Sebastian Faulks Copy Share Image
The way a great poet takes an idea, small like the bud of a flower and makes it bloom. And makes you feel deeply.. — Melody Minagar Copy Share Image
