Deprivation is for me what daffodils were for Wordsworth.

Quote by Philip Larkin

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I can't understand these chaps who go round American universities explaining how they write poems:...

I can't understand these chaps who go round American universities explaining how they write poems:...

Life has a practice of living you, if you don't live it.

Life has a practice of living you, if you don't live it.

I think writing about unhappiness is probably the source of my popularity, if I have...

I think writing about unhappiness is probably the source of my popularity, if I have...

I think writing about unhappiness is probably the source of my popularity, if I have...

I think writing about unhappiness is probably the source of my popularity, if I have...

They say eyes clear with age.

They say eyes clear with age.

Nothing, like something, happens anywhere.

Nothing, like something, happens anywhere.

You can't put off being young until you retire.

You can't put off being young until you retire.

In everyone there sleeps. A sense of life lived according to love. To some it...

In everyone there sleeps. A sense of life lived according to love. To some it...

Man hands on misery to man. It deepens like a coastal shelf. Get out as...

Man hands on misery to man. It deepens like a coastal shelf. Get out as...

I wouldn't mind seeing China if I could come back the same day.

I wouldn't mind seeing China if I could come back the same day.

Death is no different whined at than withstood.

Death is no different whined at than withstood.

What will survive of us is love.

What will survive of us is love.

When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.

When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.

At last you kissed me, I could die in waves again, and one good lick...

At last you kissed me, I could die in waves again, and one good lick...

Where love is, no room is too small.

Where love is, no room is too small.

The more I give to thee, the more I have.

The more I give to thee, the more I have.

Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about...

Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about...

Within your heart, keep one still, secret spot where dreams may go.

Within your heart, keep one still, secret spot where dreams may go.

The mind determines what is possible. The heart surpasses it.

The mind determines what is possible. The heart surpasses it.

A new morning means a new beginning, a new struggle, a new endeavor, but with...

A new morning means a new beginning, a new struggle, a new endeavor, but with...

I love him but he dosen't see that we can be!!!

I love him but he dosen't see that we can be!!!