Poetry Quotes
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"All that is gold does not glitter,Not all those who wander are lost;The old that is strong does not wither,Deep roots are not reached by the frost.From the ashes a fire shall be woken,A light from the shadows shall spring;Renewed shall be blade that was broken,The crownless again shall be king."
"Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry."
"Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet."
"If you're reading this...Congratulations, you're alive.If that's not something to smile about,then I don't know what is."
"If you are a dreamer come inIf you are a dreamer a wisher a liarA hoper a pray-er a magic-bean-buyerIf youre a pretender com sit by my fireFor we have some flax golden tales to spinCome in! Come in!"
"Trees are poems the earth writes upon the sky, We fell them down and turn them into paper,That we may record our emptiness."
"One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words."
"Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on TheeAnd I'll forgive Thy great big one on me."
"Always be a poet, even in prose."
"What a strange thing!to be alivebeneath cherry blossoms."
"One should always be drunk. That's all that matters...But with what? With wine, with poetry, or with virtue, as you chose. But get drunk."
"Ho! Ho! Ho! To the bottle I goTo heal my heart and drown my woeRain may fall, and wind may blowAnd many miles be still to goBut under a tall tree will I lieAnd let the clouds go sailing by"
"We shall not cease from explorationAnd the end of all our exploringWill be to arrive where we startedAnd know the place for the first time."
"There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,There is a rapture on the lonely shore,There is society, where none intrudes,By the deep sea, and music in its roar:I love not man the less, but Nature more"
"Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake."
"Once, poets were magicians. Poets were strong, stronger than warriors or kings — stronger than old hapless gods. And they will be strong once again."
"I may not always be with you But when we're far apartRemember you will be with meRight inside my heart"
"Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light; I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night."
"Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman."
"If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can warm me, I know that is poetry. If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry. These are the only ways I know it. Is there any other way?"
"The rain to the wind said,You push and I'll pelt.'They so smote the garden bedThat the flowers actually knelt,And lay lodged--though not dead.I know how the flowers felt."
"Love, the poet said, is woman's whole existence."
"I don't care what you say to me. I care what you share with me."
"A woman knows very well that, though a wit sends her his poems, praises her judgment, solicits her criticism, and drinks her tea, this by no means signifies that he respects her opinions, admires her understanding, or will refuse, though the rapier is denied him, to run through the body with his pen."
"...and then, I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough?"
"Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain."
"Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depths of some devine despairRise in the heart, and gather to the eyes, In looking on the happy autumn fields, And thinking of the days that are no more."
"She is free in her wildness, she is a wanderess, a drop of free water. She knows nothing of borders and cares nothing for rules or customs. 'Time' for her isn’t something to fight against. Her life flows clean, with passion, like fresh water."
"Poetry is just so emo."he said. "Oh, the pain. The pain. It always rains. In my soul."
"April is the cruelest month, breedinglilacs out of the dead land, mixingmemory and desire, stirringdull roots with spring rain."
"Though much is taken, much abides; and thoughWe are not now that strength which in old daysMoved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;One equal temper of heroic hearts,Made weak by time and fate, but strong in willTo strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield."
"I know you're tired but come, this is the way."
"Come away, O human child!To the waters and the wildWith a faery, hand in hand,For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand."
"Some of you say, “Joy is greater than sorrow,” and others say, “Nay, sorrow is the greater.”But I say unto you, they are inseparable.Together they come, and when one sits alone with you at your board, remember that the other is asleep upon your bed."
"I turned silences and nights into words. What was unutterable, I wrote down. I made the whirling world stand still."
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"The death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world."
"My candle burns at both ends;It will not last the night;But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends—It gives a lovely light!"
"Love is not loveWhich alters when it alteration finds,Or bends with the remover to remove.O no, it is an ever-fixed markThat looks on tempests and is never shaken;It is the star to every wand'ring bark,Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken."(Sonnet 116)"
"If I can see pain in your eyes then share with me your tears. If I can see joy in your eyes then share with me your smile."
"may came home with a smooth round stoneas small as a world and as large as alone."
"some moments are nice, some arenicer, some are even worthwritingabout."
"Though nothing can bring back the hourOf splendor in the grass, of glory in the flower;We will grieve not, rather findStrength in what remains behind;In the primal sympathyWhich having been must ever be..."
"you can take this mouththis wound you wantbut you can't kissand make itbetter."
"Dare to love yourselfas if you were a rainbowwith gold at both ends."
"You must give everything to make your life as beautiful as the dreams that dance in your imagination."
"Closed in a room, my imagination becomes the universe, and the rest of the world is missing out."
"The breezes at dawn have secrets to tell youDon't go back to sleep!You must ask for what you really want.Don't go back to sleep!People are going back and forth across the doorsill where the two worlds touch,The door is round and openDon't go back to sleep!"
"Love one another, but make not a bond of love:Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls."
"Into the darkness they go, the wise and the lovely."
"O serpent heart hid with a flowering face!Did ever a dragon keep so fair a cave?Beautiful tyrant, feind angelical, dove feather raven, wolvish-ravening lamb! Despised substance of devinest show, just opposite to what thou justly seemest - A dammed saint, an honourable villain!"
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