Quote by Anne Stevenson
I did know Ted Hughes and I partly wrote the book to explain to my

I did know Ted Hughes and I partly wrote the book to explain to myself and others the complexities of a marriage that was for six years wonderfully productive of poetry and then ended in tragedy. – Anne Stevenson

Other quotes by Anne Stevenson

I have always made my own rules, in poetry as in life – though I have tried of late to cooperate more with my family. I do, however, believe that without order or pattern poetry is useless. – Anne Stevenson

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Poetry
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Yes, I do often write poems from the mind, but I hope I dont ignore feelings and emotions. – Anne Stevenson

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Hope
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I dislike literary jargon and never use it. Criticism has only one function and that is to help readers read and understand literature. It is not a science, it is an aid to art. – Anne Stevenson

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Science
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Marriage was all a womans idea and for mans acceptance of the pretty yoke, it becomes us to be grateful. – Phyllis McGinley

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Do not choose your wife at a dance, but in the field among the harvesters. – Proverb

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Marriage

If variety is the spice of life, marriage is the big can of leftover Spam. – Johnny Carson

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Marriage

A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises. – Andre Maurois

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Marriage

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