Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage.

Quote by Marianne Moore

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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.

Superior people never make long visits.

Superior people never make long visits.

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time.

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time.

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

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

It is quite cruel that a poet cannot wander through his regions of enchantment without...

It is quite cruel that a poet cannot wander through his regions of enchantment without...

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

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...

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

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

If you will tell me why the fen appears impassable, I then will tell you...

If you will tell me why the fen appears impassable, I then will tell you...

It is human nature to stand in the middle of a thing.

It is human nature to stand in the middle of a thing.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

When one cannot appraise out of one's own experience, the temptation to blunder is minimized,...

When one cannot appraise out of one's own experience, the temptation to blunder is minimized,...

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

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

Whatever you say it is, it isn't.

Whatever you say it is, it isn't.

Psychology claims that: When we sleep while hugging one pillow, we actually wish it to...

Psychology claims that: When we sleep while hugging one pillow, we actually wish it to...

Whatever is rejected from the self, appears in the world as an event.

Whatever is rejected from the self, appears in the world as an event.