Great is the hand that holds dominion over man by a scribbled name.

Quote by Dylan Thomas

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There is only one position for an artist anywhere; and that is upright.

There is only one position for an artist anywhere; and that is upright.

Do not go gentle into that good night.

Do not go gentle into that good night.

I went on all over the States, ranting poems to enthusiastic audiences that, the week...

I went on all over the States, ranting poems to enthusiastic audiences that, the week...

Though lovers be lost love shall not.

Though lovers be lost love shall not.

Love is the only weapon we need.

Love is the only weapon we need.

But time has set its maggot on their track.

But time has set its maggot on their track.

When one burns one's bridges, what a very nice fire it makes.

When one burns one's bridges, what a very nice fire it makes.

I hold a beast, an angel and a madman in me, and my enquiry is...

I hold a beast, an angel and a madman in me, and my enquiry is...

Never be lucid, never state, if you would be regarded great.

Never be lucid, never state, if you would be regarded great.

A born writer is born scrofulous; his career is an accident dictated by physical or...

A born writer is born scrofulous; his career is an accident dictated by physical or...

Somebody's boring me. I think it's me.

Somebody's boring me. I think it's me.

Oh as I was young and easy in the mercy of his means, TIme held...

Oh as I was young and easy in the mercy of his means, TIme held...

The function of posterity is to look after itself.

The function of posterity is to look after itself.

Washington isn't a city, it's an abstraction.

Washington isn't a city, it's an abstraction.

Dylan talked copiously, then stopped. 'Somebody's boring me,' he said, 'I think it's me.'

Dylan talked copiously, then stopped. 'Somebody's boring me,' he said, 'I think it's me.'

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Don't be too harsh to these poems until they're typed. I always think typescript lends...

Don't be too harsh to these poems until they're typed. I always think typescript lends...

It is not their love for men but the impotence of their love for men...

It is not their love for men but the impotence of their love for men...

One's sister is part of one's essential self, an eternal presence of one's heart, soul...

One's sister is part of one's essential self, an eternal presence of one's heart, soul...

A man in love is like a clipped coupon -- it's time to cash in.

A man in love is like a clipped coupon -- it's time to cash in.