One of the most obvious facts about grown-ups, to a child, is that they have forgotten what it is like to be a child.

Quote by Randall Jarrell

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A poet is a man who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms,...

A poet is a man who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms,...

The people who live in a golden age usually go around complaining how yellow everything...

The people who live in a golden age usually go around complaining how yellow everything...

To Americans, English manners are far more frightening than none at all.

To Americans, English manners are far more frightening than none at all.

In the United States, there one feels free... Except from the Americans - but every...

In the United States, there one feels free... Except from the Americans - but every...

He thinks that Schiller and St Paul were just two Partisan Review editors.

He thinks that Schiller and St Paul were just two Partisan Review editors.

I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one...

I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one...

I decided that Europeans and Americans are like men and women: they understand each other...

I decided that Europeans and Americans are like men and women: they understand each other...

The blind date that has stood you up: your life.

The blind date that has stood you up: your life.

I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one...

I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one...

If we meet an honest and intelligent politician, a dozen, a hundred, we say they...

If we meet an honest and intelligent politician, a dozen, a hundred, we say they...

It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with...

It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with...

If we meet an honest and intelligent politician, a dozen, a hundred, we say they...

If we meet an honest and intelligent politician, a dozen, a hundred, we say they...

A poet is a man who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms,...

A poet is a man who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms,...