Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage.

Quote by Marianne Moore

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Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time.

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time.

In a poem the excitement has to maintain itself. I am governed by the pull...

In a poem the excitement has to maintain itself. I am governed by the pull...

Superior people never make long visits.

Superior people never make long visits.

We are suffering from too much sarcasm.

We are suffering from too much sarcasm.

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.

The passion for setting people right is in itself an afflictive disease.

The passion for setting people right is in itself an afflictive disease.

Psychology which explains everything explains nothing, and we are still in doubt.

Psychology which explains everything explains nothing, and we are still in doubt.

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion of trust can make trust.

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion of trust can make trust.

You're not free until you've been made captive by supreme belief

You're not free until you've been made captive by supreme belief

I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other...

I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other...

A writer is unfair to himself when he is unable to be hard on himself.

A writer is unfair to himself when he is unable to be hard on himself.

You're not free until you've been made captive by supreme belief.

You're not free until you've been made captive by supreme belief.

There never was a war that was not inward; I must fight till I have...

There never was a war that was not inward; I must fight till I have...

Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others.

Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others.

The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in silence, but restraint.

The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in silence, but restraint.

If technique is of no interest to a writer, I doubt that the writer is...

If technique is of no interest to a writer, I doubt that the writer is...

Psychology which explains everything explains nothing, and we are still in doubt

Psychology which explains everything explains nothing, and we are still in doubt

The Irish say your trouble is their trouble and your joy their joy? I wish...

The Irish say your trouble is their trouble and your joy their joy? I wish...

I would not leave you in your times of trouble. We never could have come...

I would not leave you in your times of trouble. We never could have come...

One stops being a child when one realizes that telling one's trouble does not make...

One stops being a child when one realizes that telling one's trouble does not make...