Quote by John Barton
I have always been very obsessed with time. Times passage makes us

I have always been very obsessed with time. Times passage makes us all very vulnerable and because we all experience it in our own way, it can make us feel very alone. – John Barton

Other quotes by John Barton

An experienced reader uses the poem as an agent of inquiry. This makes poetry very exciting, unstable, and interactive. – John Barton

Category:
Poetry
Read Quote

If poetry alters the way in which the reader views the world, then it has had its desired effect. – John Barton

Category:
Poetry
Read Quote

My obsession with time informs my poetry so completely it is hard for me to summarize it. We want time to pass, for new things to happen to us, we want to hold on to certain moments, we dont want our lives to end. – John Barton

Category:
Poetry
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
alone
category

As a child, I had to get up early for school or work. Id get ready by myself. Id set my alarm to wake me up very early in the morning, and be off to work, the family driver driving me every morning. I did it alone, my parents never coming in to wake me up. – Janet Jackson

Category:
alone

Solitude, though it may be silent as light, is like light, the mightiest of agencies for solitude is essential to man. All men come into this world alone and leave it alone. – Thomas de Quincey

Category:
alone

Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone therefore we are saved by love. – Reinhold Niebuhr

Category:
alone

He alone loves the Creator perfectly who manifests a pure love for his neighbor. – Venerable Bede

Category:
alone

Random Quotes

The only limits to the possibilities in your life tomorrow are the buts you use today. – Les Brown

Category:
Potential

Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue. – Virginia Woolf

Category:
Humor

I enjoy life when things are happening. I dont care if its good things or bad things. That means youre alive. – Joan Rivers

Category:
good

Whenever you leave behind failure you’re doing good. If you think everything you’ve done is great, you’re probably dumb. – Louis C.K.

Category:
Failure