I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending a funeral. – John Burroughs
For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice — no paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service. – John Burroughs
A man can fail many times, but he isnt a failure until he begins to blame somebody else. – John Burroughs
To treat your facts with imagination is one thing, but to imagine your facts is another. – John Burroughs
While also, importantly, not wanting to dumb it down or pretend the days of difficult poetry are over, because we live in a pluralist culture and theres room for difficult poetry alongside rap and everything else. And poetry wont be for everyone, but everyone should have the choice. – Andrew Motion