The Irish say your trouble is their trouble and your joy their joy? I wish I could believe it; I am troubled, I'm dissatisfied, I'm Irish

Quote by Marianne Moore

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

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

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage

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...

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time

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

Superior people never make long visits.

Superior people never make long visits.

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...

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...

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

We are suffering from too much sarcasm.

We are suffering from too much sarcasm.

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.

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,...

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...

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time.

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...