Superior people never make long visits.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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...

My father used to say superior people never make long visits.

My father used to say superior people never make long visits.

Poetry is all nouns and verbs.

Poetry is all nouns and verbs.

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage.

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage.

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.

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

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

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...

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

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

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,...

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

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

There never was a war that was not inward.

There never was a war that was not inward.

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...

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage

Perhaps there is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out...

Perhaps there is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out...

If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep...

If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep...