My argument is that War makes rattling good history but Peace is poor reading. – Thomas Hardy
Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure can be acquired by art. – Thomas Hardy

My argument is that War makes rattling good history but Peace is poor reading. – Thomas Hardy
Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure can be acquired by art. – Thomas Hardy
Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity. – Thomas Hardy
Of course poets have morals and manners of their own, and custom is no argument with them. – Thomas Hardy
My generation of bossy, confident, baby-boom women were something brand new in history. Our energy and assertiveness werent created by Betty Friedan, unknown before her 1963 book, or by Gloria Steinem, whose political activism, as even the Lifetime profile admitted, did not begin until 1969. – Camille Paglia