
The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in the same sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics. —
Bertrand Russell

Intent on one great love, perfect, Requited and for ever, I missed love's everywhere Small presence, thousand-guised. —
Kathleen Raine

The heart is a vessel not large enough to sustain love. Kneeling is the proper position for discovering love again. —
Karen Burton Mains

I couldn't claim that I have never felt the urge to explore evil, but when you descend into hell you have to be very careful. —
Kathleen Raine

Meanings, moods, the whole scale of our inner experience, finds in nature the 'correspondences' through which we may know our boundless selves. —
Kathleen Raine

Being a poet is not a job or a profession but a way of life. —
Kathleen Raine

Being a sexual icon is sort of like being the front man for an Orange County punk band: As soon as you can explain why you're necessary, you're over. —
Chuck Klosterman

Whiteness of moonlight builds a house that is not there —
Kathleen Raine

Nature is the common, universal language, understood by all. —
Kathleen Raine

Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's. —
Anonymous

The poem reminds us of what we ourselves know, but did not know we knew; reminds us, above all, of what we are. —
Kathleen Raine