There is something about poetry beyond prose logic, there is mystery in it, not to be explained but admired. – Edward Young Category: Poetry
Out of the quarrel with others we make rhetoric; out of the quarrel with ourselves we make poetry. – W.B. Yeats Category: Poetry
And, I mean, I think poetry does need to be met to some extent, especially, I guess, 19th century poetry, and for me, its just been so worth the effort. Its like Im planting a garden in my head. – Jane Campion Category: Poetry
Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose-petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo. – Don Marquis Category: Poetry
Transformation can only take place immediately; the revolution is now, not tomorrow. – Jiddu Krishnamurti Category: Live Now
The destructive character lives from the feeling, not that life is worth living, but that suicide is not worth the trouble. – Walter Benjamin Category: Destruction, Destructive
Marriage is a wonderful invention: then again, so is a bicycle repair kit. – Billy Connolly Category: Marriage
What is the essence of America? Finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom to and freedom from. – Marilyn vos Savant Category: Freedom
