Bible Quote by William Manchester

Romantic poetry had its heyday when people like Lord Byron were kicking it large. But you try and make a living as a poet…

— Alan Moore

“It's that wounded-poet crap, that soul-pain shit, that too-much-of-a-tortured-genius-to-wash bollocks. Brush your teeth, you little bastard. You're not fucking Byron.”

— Robert Galbraith

“And so the little poet poetized away his never-ending poem and even the silliest woman could poetize with him. But they couldn't be together.…

— Nescio

I used to think all poets were Byronic Mad, bad and dangerous to know. And then I met a few. See Lamb 486:25.

— Wendy Cope

Lord Byron is only great as a poet; as soon as he reflects he is a child.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“You wish to be a poet; you wish to be a lover. But the splendid clarity of your intelligence, and the remorseless honestly of…

— Virginia Woolf

“In the busyness of living, he is the kind of man that makes a woman pause and write romantic poetry.”

— Terry a O'Neal

“And I'm not a poet: but never despair! I'll madly live the poems I shall never write.”

— Aldous Huxley

“A poet, you see, is a light thing, and winged and holy, and cannot compose before he gets inspiration and loses control of his…

— Plato

“I had a boyfriend once who sent me--in a plastic bag, so it wouldn't drip--a real cow's heart with a real arrow stuck through…

— Margaret Atwood

“...it seemed almost inconceivable that in his short marriage to Althea she had, in her quiet way, left him feeling not only worthy, but…

— Andre Dubus III

“Mrs. Sussex said Byron’s loss would grow more bearable. But here was the nub: he didn’t want to lose his loss. Loss was all…

— Rachel Joyce