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I think a philistine environment should be bracing for young artists. You have to make your own enjoyment, you've got to make your own art. — Michael Longley

I would insist that poetry is a normal human activity and its proper concern all the things that happen to people. — Michael Longley

I'm not the kind of poet who arranges treasure-hunts to please the academics and keep them busy. Poetry should be surprising in deeper ways. — Michael Longley

shoulder. "And this rapscallion is his twin brother, Owain," he added, — Barbara Longley

Hell-bent on extinguishing — Barbara Longley

I think that literature quite often emerges from areas where there has been a lack of articulation, like women's writing. — Edna Longley

Exercise is the most awful illusion. The secret is a lot of aspirin and marrons glaces. — Noel Coward

If she's sad or upset or angry, she needs to be alone-she fears a man dismissing her womanly tears. — Gillian Flynn

Zoe's face tilted up toward his presented a temptation he could no more resist than he could prevent the sun from rising. — Barbara Longley

The unconditional love for you child, it's truly amazing. — Jourdan Dunn

Every Monday morning I try to remember to say "Thank you, Lord. I'm not at the Senior Staff Meeting." — Michael Longley

A broker is a man who runs your fortune into a shoestring. — Alexander Woollcott

It is not knowing, but the love of learning, that characterizes the scientific man. — Charles Sanders Peirce

Unity must be won, and only the workers, the class-conscious workers themselves can win it - by stubborn and persistent effort. — Vladimir Lenin

You're never going to read 'The Wealth of Nations,' and you shouldn't, really. It's 900 pages. — P. J. O'Rourke

A good poem is not completely a poem until it has received a critical response that grows out of the poem in an almost biological way. — Michael Longley

I suppose that as you grow older some sense of an accumulating oeuvre is unavoidable. — Michael Longley

I was the first Arts Council official in the archipelago to do something for what you might call indigenous music. — Michael Longley

we're-veterans-and-you're-not — Barbara Longley

Only you can tip the scale, — Barbara Longley

Nora: What are you planning?
Patch: I wouldn't call this planning. I'd call this throwing a Hail Mary with seconds left on the clock. — Becca Fitzpatrick

I think the key for a child to do well in a divorce is, very simply, you have to be honest with them. — Dale Archer

The gap between verse and poetry is enormous. Between good poetry and good prose the gap is much narrower — Michael Longley

Most poets' revisions are disastrous. They buckle and dent what was originally forged at a red-hot heat. — Michael Longley

Obviously all writers, all artists, have their own internal critics; as they write they are being self-critical. — Edna Longley

I hardly ever look at my published books. — Michael Longley

Brief flings and the companionship of a professional are no match for the love and trust between a husband and wife. — Barbara Longley

He plundered her mouth with his tongue, inciting a rush of desire. — Barbara Longley

characters, organizations, places, events, and incidents — Barbara Longley