I alone of English writers have consciously set myself to make music out of what I may call the sound of sense.

Quote by Robert Frost

Topics: Writers Quotes

The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is...

The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is...

Friends make pretence of following to the grave but before one is in it, their...

Friends make pretence of following to the grave but before one is in it, their...

Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.

Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.

A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of...

A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of...

Earth's the right place for love. I don't know where it's likely to go better

Earth's the right place for love. I don't know where it's likely to go better

A poet never takes notes. You never take notes in a love affair.

A poet never takes notes. You never take notes in a love affair.

You can be a rank insider as well as a rank outsider.

You can be a rank insider as well as a rank outsider.

I have never started a poem yet whose end I knew. Writing a poem is...

I have never started a poem yet whose end I knew. Writing a poem is...

I am a writer of books in retrospect. I talk in order to understand; I...

I am a writer of books in retrospect. I talk in order to understand; I...

I'm not confused. I'm just well mixed.

I'm not confused. I'm just well mixed.

Poetry should be common in experience but uncommon in books.

Poetry should be common in experience but uncommon in books.

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I... I took the one less traveled by,...

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I... I took the one less traveled by,...

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life. It goes on.

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life. It goes on.

You don't have to deserve your mother's love. You have to deserve your father's.

You don't have to deserve your mother's love. You have to deserve your father's.

The chief reason for going to school is to get the impression fixed for life...

The chief reason for going to school is to get the impression fixed for life...

A poem begins with a lump in the throat

A poem begins with a lump in the throat

If you don't know how great this country is, I know someone who does; Russia.

If you don't know how great this country is, I know someone who does; Russia.

To be social is to be forgiving.

To be social is to be forgiving.

College is a refuge from hasty judgment.

College is a refuge from hasty judgment.

No memory of having starred atones for later disregard, or keeps the end from being...

No memory of having starred atones for later disregard, or keeps the end from being...