I know we're not saints or virgins or lunatics; we know all the lust and lavatory jokes, and most of the dirty people; we can catch buses and count our change and cross the roads and talk real sentences. But…

Quote by Dylan Thomas

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The function of posterity is to look after itself.

The function of posterity is to look after itself.

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.'

Go on thinking that you don't need to be read and you'll find that it...

Go on thinking that you don't need to be read and you'll find that it...

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.

Though lovers be lost love shall not.

Though lovers be lost love shall not.

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

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

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.

Love is like a faucet, you can turn it off an' on, But when you...

Love is like a faucet, you can turn it off an' on, But when you...

An alcoholic is someone you don't like who drinks as much as you do.

An alcoholic is someone you don't like who drinks as much as you do.

And death shall have no dominion. Dead men naked they shall be one With the...

And death shall have no dominion. Dead men naked they shall be one With the...

Wales is the land of my fathers. And my fathers can have it.

Wales is the land of my fathers. And my fathers can have it.

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.

My education was the liberty I had to read indiscriminately and all the time, with...

My education was the liberty I had to read indiscriminately and all the time, with...

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

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

Though lovers be lost love shall not.

Though lovers be lost love shall not.

These poems, with all their crudities, doubts, and confusions, are written for the love of...

These poems, with all their crudities, doubts, and confusions, are written for the love of...

Though lovers be lost love shall not.

Though lovers be lost love shall not.

One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is...

One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is...

You taught me to love fearlessly and to open up my heart. I've never known...

You taught me to love fearlessly and to open up my heart. I've never known...