Quote by Don Marquis
Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Gr

Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo. – Don Marquis

Other quotes by Don Marquis

Fate often puts all the material for happiness and prosperity into a mans hands just to see how miserable he can make himself with them. – Don Marquis

Category:
Happiness
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The most pleasant and useful persons are those who leave some of the problems of the universe for God to worry about. – Don Marquis

Category:
Moderation
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Poetry
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A poem conveys not a message so much as the provenance of a message, an advent of sense. – Thomas Harrison

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Poetry

I definitely wish to distinguish American poetry from British or other English language poetry. – Diane Wakoski

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Poetry

To be a poet is a condition rather than a profession. He requires whatever it needs to be completely his own master. – Robert Graves, Horizon: A Review of Literature and Art, 1946

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Poetry

It is true that short forms of poetry have been cultivated in the Far East more than in modern Europe but in all European literature short forms of poetry are to be found – indeed quite as short as anything in Japanese. – Lafcadio Hearn

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Poetry

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Im not really big on slapstick humor. I like gentle humor. – Anjelica Huston

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I think theres a lot projected on beautiful women, period. At least, maybe this is just my fear, but I do sometimes feel dismissed before Ive even been allowed to participate. I have moments of feeling really wounded. But I am pretty optimistic, and I do enjoy a lot of my life. – Shalom Harlow

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Fortune does not change men; it unmasks them. – Suzanne Necker

Category:
Integrity