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Amy Lowell quotes: I am tired, Beloved, of chafing my heart againstThe want of you;Of squeezing it into little inkdrops,And posting it.

I am tired, Beloved, of chafing my heart against
The want of you;
Of squeezing it into little inkdrops,
And posting it.

Amy Lowell quotes: Happiness, to some, is elation; to others it is mere stagnation.

Happiness, to some, is elation; to others it is mere stagnation.

Amy Lowell quotes: All books are either dreams or swords,You can cut, or you can drug, with words.

All books are either dreams or swords,
You can cut, or you can drug, with words.

Amy Lowell quotes: Poetry is the most concentrated form of literature; it is the most emotionalized and powerful way in which thought can be presented ...

Poetry is the most concentrated form of literature; it is the most emotionalized and powerful way in which thought can be presented ...

Amy Lowell quotes: Take everything easy and quit dreaming and brooding and you will be well guarded from a thousand evils.

Take everything easy and quit dreaming and brooding and you will be well guarded from a thousand evils.

Amy Lowell quotes: In science, read by preference the newest works. In literature, read the oldest. The classics are always modern.

In science, read by preference the newest works. In literature, read the oldest. The classics are always modern.

Amy Lowell quotes: I know that a creed is the shell of a lie.

I know that a creed is the shell of a lie.

Amy Lowell quotes: I should like to bring a case to trial: Prosperity versus Beauty, Cash registers teetering in a balance against the comfort of the soul.

I should like to bring a case to trial: Prosperity versus Beauty, Cash registers teetering in a balance against the comfort of the soul.

Amy Lowell quotes: To-night when the full-bellied moon swallows the stars. Grant that I know.

To-night when the full-bellied moon swallows the stars. Grant that I know.

Amy Lowell quotes: Oh! To be a butterfly Still, upon a flower, Winking with its painted wings, Happy in the hour.

Oh! To be a butterfly Still, upon a flower, Winking with its painted wings, Happy in the hour.

Amy Lowell quotes: Poetry, far more than fiction, reveals the soul of humanity.

Poetry, far more than fiction, reveals the soul of humanity.

Amy Lowell quotes: Without poetry the soul and heart of man starves and dies.

Without poetry the soul and heart of man starves and dies.

Amy Lowell quotes: Poets are always the advance guard of literature; the advance guard of life. It is for this reason that their recognition comes so slowly.

Poets are always the advance guard of literature; the advance guard of life. It is for this reason that their recognition comes so slowly.

Amy Lowell quotes: How hard, how desperately hard, is the way of the experimenter in art!

How hard, how desperately hard, is the way of the experimenter in art!

Amy Lowell quotes: Christ! What are patterns for?

Christ! What are patterns for?

Amy Lowell quotes: Happiness: We rarely feel it. I would buy it, beg it, steal it, Pay in coins of dripping blood For this one transcendent good.

Happiness: We rarely feel it. I would buy it, beg it, steal it, Pay in coins of dripping blood For this one transcendent good.

Amy Lowell quotes: I never deny poems when they come; whatever I am doing, whatever I am writing, I lay it aside and attend to the arriving poem.

I never deny poems when they come; whatever I am doing, whatever I am writing, I lay it aside and attend to the arriving poem.

Amy Lowell quotes: Let us be of cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.

Let us be of cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.

Amy Lowell quotes: Moon! Moon! I am prone before you. Pity me, and drench me in loneliness.

Moon! Moon! I am prone before you. Pity me, and drench me in loneliness.

Amy Lowell quotes: All recurring joy is pain refined.

All recurring joy is pain refined.

Amy Lowell quotes: Freighted with hope, Crimsoned with joy, We scatter the leaves of our opening rose.

Freighted with hope, Crimsoned with joy, We scatter the leaves of our opening rose.

Amy Lowell quotes: The stigma of oddness is the price a myopic world always exacts of genius.

The stigma of oddness is the price a myopic world always exacts of genius.

Amy Lowell quotes: Love is a game-yes? I think it is a drowning.

Love is a game-yes? I think it is a drowning.

Amy Lowell quotes: Witches are moon-birds,Witches are the women of the false, beautiful moon.

Witches are moon-birds,
Witches are the women of the false, beautiful moon.

Amy Lowell quotes: Everything mortal has moments immortal

Everything mortal has moments immortal

Amy Lowell quotes: Oh! To be a flower Nodding in the sun, Bending, then upspringing As the breezes run.

Oh! To be a flower Nodding in the sun, Bending, then upspringing As the breezes run.

Amy Lowell quotes: How loud clocks can tick when a room is empty, and one is alone!

How loud clocks can tick when a room is empty, and one is alone!

Amy Lowell quotes: I shall goUp and downIn my gown.Gorgeously arrayed,Boned and stayed.

I shall go
Up and down
In my gown.
Gorgeously arrayed,
Boned and stayed.

Amy Lowell quotes: Rapture's self is three parts sorrow.

Rapture's self is three parts sorrow.

Amy Lowell quotes: If what we worship fail us, still the fire burns on, and it is much to have believed.

If what we worship fail us, still the fire burns on, and it is much to have believed.

Amy Lowell quotes: Art is like politics. Any theory carried too far ends in sterility, and freshness is only gained by following some other line.

Art is like politics. Any theory carried too far ends in sterility, and freshness is only gained by following some other line.

Amy Lowell quotes: A man must be sacrificed now and again to provide for the next generation of men.

A man must be sacrificed now and again to provide for the next generation of men.

Amy Lowell quotes: Can you see through the night, woman, that you stare so upon it? Man, what sparks do your eyes follow in the smouldering darkness?

Can you see through the night, woman, that you stare so upon it? Man, what sparks do your eyes follow in the smouldering darkness?

Amy Lowell quotes: You are ice and fire The touch of you burns my hands like snow

You are ice and fire
The touch of you burns my hands like snow

Amy Lowell quotes: Not a softness anywhere about me,Only whalebone and brocade.

Not a softness anywhere about me,
Only whalebone and brocade.

Amy Lowell quotes: Happiness, to some, elation; Is, to others, mere stagnation.

Happiness, to some, elation; Is, to others, mere stagnation.

Amy Lowell quotes: Fifteen millions of soldiers with popguns and horses All bent upon killing, because their "of courses" Are not quite the same.

Fifteen millions of soldiers with popguns and horses All bent upon killing, because their "of courses" Are not quite the same.

Amy Lowell quotes: In my stiff, brocaded gown.With my powdered hair and jeweled fan,I too am a rarePattern.

In my stiff, brocaded gown.
With my powdered hair and jeweled fan,
I too am a rare
Pattern.

Amy Lowell quotes: Polyphonic prose is a kind of free verse, except that it is still freer. Polyphonic makes full use of cadence, rime, alliteration, assonance.

Polyphonic prose is a kind of free verse, except that it is still freer. Polyphonic makes full use of cadence, rime, alliteration, assonance.

Amy Lowell quotes: When I go away from youThe world beats deadLike a slackened drum.

When I go away from you
The world beats dead
Like a slackened drum.

Amy Lowell quotes: Sexual love is the most stupendous fact of the universe, and the most magical mystery our poor blind senses know.

Sexual love is the most stupendous fact of the universe, and the most magical mystery our poor blind senses know.

Amy Lowell quotes: Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in.

Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in.

Amy Lowell quotes: Don't ask a writer what he's working on. It's like asking someone with cancer on the progress of his disease.

Don't ask a writer what he's working on. It's like asking someone with cancer on the progress of his disease.

Amy Lowell quotes: When you came, you were like red wine and honey, and the taste of you burnt my mouth with its sweetness.

When you came, you were like red wine and honey, and the taste of you burnt my mouth with its sweetness.

Amy Lowell quotes: Brighter than fireflies upon the Uji River are your words in the dark, Beloved.

Brighter than fireflies upon the Uji River are your words in the dark, Beloved.

Amy Lowell quotes: May is much sunshine through small leaves.

May is much sunshine through small leaves.

Amy Lowell quotes: Time! Joyless emblem of the greed of millions, robber of the best which earth can give.

Time! Joyless emblem of the greed of millions, robber of the best which earth can give.

Amy Lowell quotes: Hate is ravening vulture beaks descending on a place of skulls.

Hate is ravening vulture beaks descending on a place of skulls.

Amy Lowell quotes: On the neck of the young man sparkles no gem so gracious as enterprise. Youth condemns; maturity condones.

On the neck of the young man sparkles no gem so gracious as enterprise. Youth condemns; maturity condones.

Amy Lowell quotes: Even Pain pricks to livelier living.

Even Pain pricks to livelier living.