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Robert Frost quotes: All the fun is in how you say a thing. All the fun is in how you say a thing.
Robert Frost quotes: I am one who has been acquainted with the night I am one who has been acquainted with the night
Robert Frost quotes: Poetry is a reaching out forward expression, an effort to find fulfillment Poetry is a reaching out forward expression, an effort to find fulfillment
Robert Frost quotes: For dear me, why abandon a beliefMerely because it ceases to be true For dear me, why abandon a belief
Merely because it ceases to be true
Robert Frost quotes: Poetry is the renewal of words, setting them free, and that's what a poet is doing: loosening the words. Poetry is the renewal of words, setting them free, and that's what a poet is doing: loosening the words.
Robert Frost quotes: Affection is an overpowering craving to be compellingly sought. Affection is an overpowering craving to be compellingly sought.
Robert Frost quotes: You're searching ... For things that don't exist; I mean beginnings.Ends and beginnings - there are no such things.There are only middles. You're searching ...
For things that don't exist; I mean beginnings.
Ends and beginnings - there are no such things.
There are only middles.
Robert Frost quotes: He will not go behind his father's saying, And he likes having thought of it so well He says again, Good fences make good neighbors. He will not go behind his father's saying,
And he likes having thought of it so well
He says again, Good fences make good neighbors.
Robert Frost quotes: And of course there must be something wrongIn wanting to silence any song. And of course there must be something wrong
In wanting to silence any song.
Robert Frost quotes: I never feel more at home than at a ballgame. I never feel more at home than at a ballgame.
Robert Frost quotes: Let's get my incantation right:"I wish I may, I wish I might"Give earth another satellite. Let's get my incantation right:
"I wish I may, I wish I might"
Give earth another satellite.
Robert Frost quotes: My definition of poetry (if I were forced to give one) would be this: words that have become deeds. My definition of poetry (if I were forced to give one) would be this: words that have become deeds.
Robert Frost quotes: I could say "Elves" to him,But it's not elves exactly, and I'd ratherHe said it for himself. I could say "Elves" to him,
But it's not elves exactly, and I'd rather
He said it for himself.
Robert Frost quotes: The difference between a job and a career is the difference between forty and sixty hours a week. The difference between a job and a career is the difference between forty and sixty hours a week.
Robert Frost quotes: There is absolutely no reason for being rushed along with the rush. Everybody should be free to go slow. There is absolutely no reason for being rushed along with the rush. Everybody should be free to go slow.
Robert Frost quotes: The footpath down to the well is healed. The footpath down to the well is healed.
Robert Frost quotes: The father is always a Republican toward his son, and his mother's always a Democrat. The father is always a Republican toward his son, and his mother's always a Democrat.
Robert Frost quotes: Originality and initiative are what I ask for my country. Originality and initiative are what I ask for my country.
Robert Frost quotes: The first thing I do in any town I come to is ask if it has a bookstore. The first thing I do in any town I come to is ask if it has a bookstore.
Robert Frost quotes: How many things have to happen to you before something occurs to you? How many things have to happen to you before something occurs to you?
Robert Frost quotes: Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it. Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.
Robert Frost quotes: Freedom lies in being bold. Freedom lies in being bold.
Robert Frost quotes: The only way round is through. The only way round is through.
Robert Frost quotes: God once declared He was trueAnd then took the veil and withdrew ... God once declared He was true
And then took the veil and withdrew ...
Robert Frost quotes: We ran as if to meet the moon. We ran as if to meet the moon.
Robert Frost quotes: The problem for the King is just how strictThe lack of liberty, the squeeze of the lawAnd discipline should be in school and state ... The problem for the King is just how strict
The lack of liberty, the squeeze of the law
And discipline should be in school and state ...
Robert Frost quotes: The people I am most afraid of are those who are the most afraid. The people I am most afraid of are those who are the most afraid.
Robert Frost quotes: For hard it is to keep from being KingWhen it's in you and in the situation. For hard it is to keep from being King
When it's in you and in the situation.
Robert Frost quotes: And nothing to look backward to with pride, and nothing to look forward to with hope. And nothing to look backward to with pride, and nothing to look forward to with hope.
Robert Frost quotes: Education doesn't change life much. It just lifts trouble to a higher plane of regard. Education doesn't change life much. It just lifts trouble to a higher plane of regard.
Robert Frost quotes: All those who try to go it sole alone, Too proud to be beholden for relief, Are absolutely sure to come to grief. All those who try to go it sole alone, Too proud to be beholden for relief, Are absolutely sure to come to grief.
Robert Frost quotes: There is one thing more exasperating than a wife who can cook and won't, and that's a wife who can't cook and will. There is one thing more exasperating than a wife who can cook and won't, and that's a wife who can't cook and will.
Robert Frost quotes: Nature's never quiteSure she hasn't erredIn her vague design ... Nature's never quite
Sure she hasn't erred
In her vague design ...
Robert Frost quotes: I could define poetry this way: it is that which is lost out of both prose and verse in translation. I could define poetry this way: it is that which is lost out of both prose and verse in translation.
Robert Frost quotes: I write to find out what I didn't know I knew. I write to find out what I didn't know I knew.
Robert Frost quotes: Like a piece of ice on a hot stove the poem must ride on its own melting. Like a piece of ice on a hot stove the poem must ride on its own melting.
Robert Frost quotes: A bird half wakened in the lunar noonSang halfway through its little inborn tune. A bird half wakened in the lunar noon
Sang halfway through its little inborn tune.
Robert Frost quotes: I turned to speak to God About the world's despair But to make bad matters worse I found God wasn't there. I turned to speak to God About the world's despair But to make bad matters worse I found God wasn't there.
Robert Frost quotes: I would not come in. I meant not even if asked, And I hadn't been. I would not come in. I meant not even if asked, And I hadn't been.
Robert Frost quotes: I've given offense by saying I'd as soon write free verse as play tennis with the net down. I've given offense by saying I'd as soon write free verse as play tennis with the net down.
Robert Frost quotes: He says the best way out is always through. / And I can agree to that, or in so far / As that I can see no way out but He says the best way out is always through. / And I can agree to that, or in so far / As that I can see no way out but through
Robert Frost quotes: It takes all sorts of in and outdoor schooling To get adapted to my kind of fooling. It takes all sorts of in and outdoor schooling To get adapted to my kind of fooling.
Robert Frost quotes: God turned to speak to me(Don't anybody laugh);God found I wasn't thereAt least not over half. God turned to speak to me
(Don't anybody laugh);
God found I wasn't there
At least not over half.
Robert Frost quotes: Leaves and bark, leaves and bark,To lean against and hear in the dark.Petals I may have once pursued.Leaves are all my darker mood. Leaves and bark, leaves and bark,
To lean against and hear in the dark.
Petals I may have once pursued.
Leaves are all my darker mood.
Robert Frost quotes: I hope to leave behind a few poems it will be hard to get rid of. I hope to leave behind a few poems it will be hard to get rid of.
Robert Frost quotes: I would have written of me on my stone: I had a lover's quarrel with the world. I would have written of me on my stone: I had a lover's quarrel with the world.
Robert Frost quotes: Don't be agnostic - be something. Don't be agnostic - be something.
Robert Frost quotes: Any eye is an evil eye That looks in on to a mood apart. Any eye is an evil eye That looks in on to a mood apart.
Robert Frost quotes: ...all the fun's in how you say a thing. ...all the fun's in how you say a thing.
Robert Frost quotes: End is a gloomy word. End is a gloomy word.
Robert Frost quotes: How are we to writeThe Russian novel in AmericaAs long as life goes so unterribly? How are we to write
The Russian novel in America
As long as life goes so unterribly?
Robert Frost quotes: The heart can think of no devotionGreater than being shore to the ocean-Holding the curve of one position,Counting an endless repetition. The heart can think of no devotion
Greater than being shore to the ocean-
Holding the curve of one position,
Counting an endless repetition.
Robert Frost quotes: A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer. A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.
Robert Frost quotes: The chance is the remotest, Of its going much longer unnoticed, That I'm not keeping pace With the headlong human race The chance is the remotest, Of its going much longer unnoticed, That I'm not keeping pace With the headlong human race
Robert Frost quotes: The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office. The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.
Robert Frost quotes: Not to sink under being man and wife,But get some color and music out of life? Not to sink under being man and wife,
But get some color and music out of life?
Robert Frost quotes: Space ails us moderns: we are sick with space. Space ails us moderns: we are sick with space.
Robert Frost quotes: A poem begins with a lump in the throat A poem begins with a lump in the throat
Robert Frost quotes: Come over the hills and far with meAnd be my love in the rain. Come over the hills and far with me
And be my love in the rain.
Robert Frost quotes: Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
Robert Frost quotes: We love the things we love for what they are. We love the things we love for what they are.
Robert Frost quotes: One luminary clock against the skyProclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right. One luminary clock against the sky
Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right.
Robert Frost quotes: Let me be the one To do what is done. Let me be the one To do what is done.
Robert Frost quotes: I go to school the youth to learn the future. I go to school the youth to learn the future.
Robert Frost quotes: If you don't know how great this country is, I know someone who does; Russia. If you don't know how great this country is, I know someone who does; Russia.
Robert Frost quotes: Hope is not found in a way out but a way through. Hope is not found in a way out but a way through.
Robert Frost quotes: Fortunately, we don't need to know how bad an age is. There is something we can always be doing without reference to how good or bad the age is. Fortunately, we don't need to know how bad an age is. There is something we can always be doing without reference to how good or bad the age is.
Robert Frost quotes: Families break up when they get hints you don't intend and miss hints that you do. Families break up when they get hints you don't intend and miss hints that you do.
Robert Frost quotes: Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired. Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.
Robert Frost quotes: Oh, come forth into the storm and routAnd be my love in the rain. Oh, come forth into the storm and rout
And be my love in the rain.
Robert Frost quotes: Loosely boundBy countless silken ties of love and thoughtTo everything on earth the compass round Loosely bound
By countless silken ties of love and thought
To everything on earth the compass round
Robert Frost quotes: But this we know, the obstacle that checkedAnd tripped the body, shot the spirit onFurther than target ever showed or shone. But this we know, the obstacle that checked
And tripped the body, shot the spirit on
Further than target ever showed or shone.
Robert Frost quotes: The beauty of enmity is insecurity; the beauty of friendship is in security. The beauty of enmity is insecurity; the beauty of friendship is in security.
Robert Frost quotes: The only way out is to go through The only way out is to go through
Robert Frost quotes: Poetry is play. I'd even rather have you think of it as a sport. For instance, like football. Poetry is play. I'd even rather have you think of it as a sport. For instance, like football.
Robert Frost quotes: Such heaps of broken glass to sweep away / You'd think the inner dome of heaven had fallen. Such heaps of broken glass to sweep away / You'd think the inner dome of heaven had fallen.
Robert Frost quotes: What we live by we die by. What we live by we die by.
Robert Frost quotes: The line storm clouds fly tattered and swift,The road is forlorn all day, ... The line storm clouds fly tattered and swift,
The road is forlorn all day, ...
Robert Frost quotes: By faithfully working eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day. By faithfully working eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.
Robert Frost quotes: Nobody was ever meant to remember or invent what he did with every cent. Nobody was ever meant to remember or invent what he did with every cent.
Robert Frost quotes: Life must be kept up at a great rate in order to absorb any considerable amount of learning. Life must be kept up at a great rate in order to absorb any considerable amount of learning.
Robert Frost quotes: No, in country money, the country scale of gain,The requisite lift of spirit has never been found ... No, in country money, the country scale of gain,
The requisite lift of spirit has never been found ...
Robert Frost quotes: There are tones of voices that mean more than words. There are tones of voices that mean more than words.
Robert Frost quotes: You have freedom when you're easy in your harness. You have freedom when you're easy in your harness.
Robert Frost quotes: An idea is a feat of association. An idea is a feat of association.
Robert Frost quotes: Everything written is as good as it is dramatic. It need not declare itself in form, but it is drama or nothing. Everything written is as good as it is dramatic. It need not declare itself in form, but it is drama or nothing.
Robert Frost quotes: Only where love and need are one,And the work is play for mortal stakesIs the deed ever truly doneFor Heaven and the future's sakes Only where love and need are one,
And the work is play for mortal stakes
Is the deed ever truly done
For Heaven and the future's sakes
Robert Frost quotes: Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on TheeAnd I'll forgive Thy great big one on me. Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee
And I'll forgive Thy great big one on me.
Robert Frost quotes: Nothing gold can stay. Nothing gold can stay.
Robert Frost quotes: What are we?Young or new?We must be something. What are we?
Young or new?
We must be something.
Robert Frost quotes: Not yesterday I learned to know The love of bare November days Before the coming of the snow ... Not yesterday I learned to know The love of bare November days Before the coming of the snow ...
Robert Frost quotes: Poets need not go to Niagara to write about the force of falling water. Poets need not go to Niagara to write about the force of falling water.
Robert Frost quotes: Humor is the most engaging cowardice. Humor is the most engaging cowardice.
Robert Frost quotes: The trees that have it in their pent-up buds To darken nature and be summer woods. The trees that have it in their pent-up buds
To darken nature and be summer woods.
Robert Frost quotes: It's a funny thing that when a man hasn't anything on earth to worry about, he goes off and gets married. It's a funny thing that when a man hasn't anything on earth to worry about, he goes off and gets married.
Robert Frost quotes: Poets are like baseball pitchers. both have their moments. the intervals are the tough things. Poets are like baseball pitchers. both have their moments. the intervals are the tough things.
Robert Frost quotes: Butterflies ... flowers that fly and all but sing. Butterflies ... flowers that fly and all but sing.
Robert Frost quotes: Before now poetry has taken noticeOf wars, and what are wars but politicsTransformed from chronic to acute and bloody? Before now poetry has taken notice
Of wars, and what are wars but politics
Transformed from chronic to acute and bloody?
Robert Frost quotes: The land was ours before we were the land's. She was our land more than a hundred years Before we were her people. The land was ours before we were the land's. She was our land more than a hundred years Before we were her people.
Robert Frost quotes: To be a poet is a condition, not a profession. To be a poet is a condition, not a profession.

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