Quote by John Ashbery
The poem is sad because it wants to be yours, and cannot be. - Joh

The poem is sad because it wants to be yours, and cannot be. – John Ashbery

Other quotes by John Ashbery

I dont look on poetry as closed works. I feel theyre going on all the time in my head and I occasionally snip off a length. – John Ashbery

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There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army. – John Ashbery

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The sad thing about any business I suppose, but in mine you see it particularly, is that youre always asked to do what youve already done. – Jeremy Irons

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We all had lots of stories of our sad experiences – they mourned the death of my wife with me – but we were hopeful that the children would return. – Otto Frank

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To the indefinite, uncertain mind of the American radical the most contradictory ideas and methods are possible. The result is a sad chaos in the radical movement, a sort of intellectual hash, which has neither taste nor character. – Emma Goldman

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Its a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children. – Ama Ata Aidoo

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We fear violence less than our own feelings. Personal, private, solitary pain is more terrifying than what anyone else can inflict. – Jim Morrison

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I have enough music coming out of my kids bedrooms when Im at home. – Rod Stewart

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We receive by faith and we keep it by faith. – Benny Hinn

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