I went on all over the States, ranting poems to enthusiastic audiences that, the week before, had been equally enthusiastic about lectures on Railway Development or the Modern Turkish Essay.

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.

It snowed last year too: I made a snowman and my brother knocked it down...

It snowed last year too: I made a snowman and my brother knocked it down...

Whatever talents I possess may suddenly diminish or suddenly increase. I can with ease become...

Whatever talents I possess may suddenly diminish or suddenly increase. I can with ease become...

Never be lucid, never state, if you would be regarded great.

Never be lucid, never state, if you would be regarded great.

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.'

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

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

There is only one position for an artist anywhere; and that is upright.

There is only one position for an artist anywhere; and that is upright.

It is not their love for men but the impotence of their love for men...

It is not their love for men but the impotence of their love for men...

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.

But time has set its maggot on their track.

But time has set its maggot on their track.

It snowed last year too: I made a snowman and my brother knocked it down...

It snowed last year too: I made a snowman and my brother knocked it down...

I know we're not saints or virgins or lunatics; we know all the lust and...

I know we're not saints or virgins or lunatics; we know all the lust and...

Though lovers be lost love shall not.

Though lovers be lost love shall not.

The force that through the green fuse drives the flower. Drives my green age that...

The force that through the green fuse drives the flower. Drives my green age that...

Do not go gentle into that good night.

Do not go gentle into that good night.

He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.

He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.

Though lovers be lost love shall not.

Though lovers be lost love shall not.

Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is above its strength, pleads...

Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is above its strength, pleads...

True friends are like diamonds; precious but rare. Fake friends are like fall leaves; found...

True friends are like diamonds; precious but rare. Fake friends are like fall leaves; found...

Gossip isn't scandal and it's not merely malicious. It's chatter about the human race by...

Gossip isn't scandal and it's not merely malicious. It's chatter about the human race by...