I think writing about unhappiness is probably the source of my popularity, if I have any-after all, most people are unhappy, don't you think?

Quote by Philip Larkin

Topics: Unhappiness Quotes, Writing Quotes

I can't understand these chaps who go round American universities explaining how they write poems:...

I can't understand these chaps who go round American universities explaining how they write poems:...

They say eyes clear with age.

They say eyes clear with age.

Life has a practice of living you, if you don't live it.

Life has a practice of living you, if you don't live it.

You can't put off being young until you retire.

You can't put off being young until you retire.

Man hands on misery to man. It deepens like a coastal shelf. Get out as...

Man hands on misery to man. It deepens like a coastal shelf. Get out as...

In everyone there sleeps. A sense of life lived according to love. To some it...

In everyone there sleeps. A sense of life lived according to love. To some it...

Nothing, like something, happens anywhere.

Nothing, like something, happens anywhere.

Death is no different whined at than withstood.

Death is no different whined at than withstood.

I wouldn't mind seeing China if I could come back the same day.

I wouldn't mind seeing China if I could come back the same day.

Deprivation is for me what daffodils were for Wordsworth.

Deprivation is for me what daffodils were for Wordsworth.

I think writing about unhappiness is probably the source of my popularity, if I have...

I think writing about unhappiness is probably the source of my popularity, if I have...

What will survive of us is love.

What will survive of us is love.

At last you kissed me, I could die in waves again, and one good lick...

At last you kissed me, I could die in waves again, and one good lick...

Within your heart, keep one still, secret spot where dreams may go.

Within your heart, keep one still, secret spot where dreams may go.

The more I give to thee, the more I have.

The more I give to thee, the more I have.

When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.

When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.

The mind determines what is possible. The heart surpasses it.

The mind determines what is possible. The heart surpasses it.

A new morning means a new beginning, a new struggle, a new endeavor, but with...

A new morning means a new beginning, a new struggle, a new endeavor, but with...

Where love is, no room is too small.

Where love is, no room is too small.

Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about...

Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about...

He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time...

He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time...