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R.S. Thomas quotes: We live in our own world , A world that is too small For you to stoop and enter Even on hands and knees, The adult subterfuge.

We live in our own world , A world that is too small For you to stoop and enter Even on hands and knees, The adult subterfuge.

R.S. Thomas quotes: I'm obviously not orthodox, I don't know how many real poets have ever been orthodox.

I'm obviously not orthodox, I don't know how many real poets have ever been orthodox.

R.S. Thomas quotes: I am a man now. Pass your hand over my brow. You can feel the place where the brains grow.

I am a man now. Pass your hand over my brow. You can feel the place where the brains grow.

R.S. Thomas quotes: The old men ask for more time; the young waste it. And the philosopher simply smiles, knowing there is none there.

The old men ask for more time; the young waste it. And the philosopher simply smiles, knowing there is none there.

R.S. Thomas quotes: It is too late to start For destinations not of the heart . I must stay here with my hurt.

It is too late to start For destinations not of the heart . I must stay here with my hurt.

R.S. Thomas quotes: Somewhere within sight of the tree of poetry that is eternity wearing the green leaves of time .

Somewhere within sight of the tree of poetry that is eternity wearing the green leaves of time .

R.S. Thomas quotes: Art is recuperation from time. I lie back convalescing upon the prospect of a harvest already at hand.

Art is recuperation from time. I lie back convalescing upon the prospect of a harvest already at hand.

R.S. Thomas quotes: To all light thingsI compared her: toa snowflake, a feather

To all light things
I compared her: to
a snowflake, a feather

R.S. Thomas quotes: Man is a dream about a shadow. But when some splendour falls upon him from God, a glory comes to him and his life is sweet.

Man is a dream about a shadow. But when some splendour falls upon him from God, a glory comes to him and his life is sweet.

R.S. Thomas quotes: The deep spaces between stars , Fathomless as the cold shadow His mind cast.

The deep spaces between stars , Fathomless as the cold shadow His mind cast.

$R.S. Thomas quotes: Seated at table - no need for the fracture of the room's silence; noiselessly they conversed.$ Seated at table -
no need for the fracture
of the room's silence; noiselessly
they conversed.

R.S. Thomas quotes: You have to imaginea waiting that is not impatientbecause it is timeless.

You have to imagine
a waiting that is not impatient
because it is timeless.

R.S. Thomas quotes: The darkness is the deepening shadow of your presence; the silence a process in the metabolism of the being of love .

The darkness is the deepening shadow of your presence; the silence a process in the metabolism of the being of love .

R.S. Thomas quotes: In the silence that is his chosen medium of communication and telling others about it in words. Is there no way not to be the sport of reason ?

In the silence that is his chosen medium of communication and telling others about it in words. Is there no way not to be the sport of reason ?

R.S. Thomas quotes: I turn now not to the Bible but to Wallace Stevens

I turn now not to the Bible but to Wallace Stevens

R.S. Thomas quotes: I am alone on the surface of a turning planet.

I am alone on the surface of a turning planet.

R.S. Thomas quotes: There is always laughter out of the speeding vehicles for the man who is still, half-way though he be in a better direction.

There is always
laughter out of the speeding
vehicles for the man
who is still, half-way though he be
in a better direction.

R.S. Thomas quotes: There are cries in the dark at nightAs owls answer the moon

There are cries in the dark at night
As owls answer the moon

R.S. Thomas quotes: The silence holds with its gloved hand the wild hawk of the mind.

The silence holds with its gloved hand the wild hawk of the mind.

R.S. Thomas quotes: Poetry is that / which arrives at the intellect / by way of the heart.

Poetry is that / which arrives at the intellect / by way of the heart.

R.S. Thomas quotes: Imaginative truth is the most immediate way of presenting ultimate reality to a human being ... ultimate reality is what we call God.

Imaginative truth is the most immediate way of presenting ultimate reality to a human being ... ultimate reality is what we call God.

R.S. Thomas quotes: The meaning is in the waiting,

The meaning is in the waiting,

R.S. Thomas quotes: Verse should be as natural As the small tuber that feeds on muck And grows slowly from obtuse soil To the white flower of immortal beauty

Verse should be as natural As the small tuber that feeds on muck And grows slowly from obtuse soil To the white flower of immortal beauty

R.S. Thomas quotes: Is there a place here for the spirit ? Is there time on this brief platform for anything other than mind 's failure to explain itself?

Is there a place here for the spirit ? Is there time on this brief platform for anything other than mind 's failure to explain itself?

R.S. Thomas quotes: To live in Wales is to be conscious at dusk of the spilled blood that went into the making of the wild sky

To live in Wales is to be conscious at dusk of the spilled blood that went into the making of the wild sky

R.S. Thomas quotes: I have nowhere to go. The swift satellites show The clock of my whole being is slow.

I have nowhere to go. The swift satellites show The clock of my whole being is slow.