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

Quote by Robert Frost

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The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working when you get up in the...

The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working when you get up in the...

A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel.

A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel.

Style is that which indicates how the writer takes himself and what he is saying....

Style is that which indicates how the writer takes himself and what he is saying....

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...

Two such as you with such a master speed, cannot be parted nor be swept...

Two such as you with such a master speed, cannot be parted nor be swept...

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...

We dance round in a ring and suppose, While the secret sits in the middle...

We dance round in a ring and suppose, While the secret sits in the middle...

Hell is a half-filled auditorium.

Hell is a half-filled auditorium.

I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the...

I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the...

The world is filled with willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to...

The world is filled with willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to...

Poets are like baseball pitchers. Both have their moments. The intervals are the tough things.

Poets are like baseball pitchers. Both have their moments. The intervals are the tough things.

Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.

Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.

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

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

A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.

A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.

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

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

I alone of English writers have consciously set myself to make music out of what...

I alone of English writers have consciously set myself to make music out of what...

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...

Man that is of woman born is apt to be as vain as his mother.

Man that is of woman born is apt to be as vain as his mother.

No woman needs intercourse; few women escape it.

No woman needs intercourse; few women escape it.

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early

A beautiful woman should break her mirror early