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

Quote by Robert Frost

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Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.

Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.

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

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

To be social is to be forgiving

To be social is to be forgiving

Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.

Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.

I'd just as soon play tennis with the net down.

I'd just as soon play tennis with the net down.

Poetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance.

Poetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance.

I am not a teacher, but an awakener.

I am not a teacher, but an awakener.

There is one thing more exasperating than a wife who can cook and won't, and...

There is one thing more exasperating than a wife who can cook and won't, and...

By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may get to be a boss and...

By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may get to be a boss and...

Thinking isn't agreeing or disagreeing. That's voting.

Thinking isn't agreeing or disagreeing. That's voting.

If society fits you comfortably enough, you call it freedom.

If society fits you comfortably enough, you call it freedom.

To be a poet is a condition, not a profession.

To be a poet is a condition, not a profession.

Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, and I'll forgive Thy great big joke...

Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, and I'll forgive Thy great big joke...

My sorrow, when she's here with me, thinks these dark days of autumn rain are...

My sorrow, when she's here with me, thinks these dark days of autumn rain are...

I've had a lover's quarrel with the world

I've had a lover's quarrel with the world

By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and...

By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and...

There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail...

There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail...

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.

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.

Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.

Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.