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Stephen Vincent Benet quotes: Of all the Christbitten places in the two hemispheres, (Los Angeles) is the last curly kink in the pig's tail.

Of all the Christbitten places in the two hemispheres, (Los Angeles) is the last curly kink in the pig's tail.

Stephen Vincent Benet quotes: When my own writing needs a perk, I open Zukofsky and read from "A" - particularly sections "22" and "23." It can be opaque, but I love the intensity.

When my own writing needs a perk, I open Zukofsky and read from "A" - particularly sections "22" and "23." It can be opaque, but I love the intensity.

Stephen Vincent Benet quotes: There are many trials that seem hard to bear at first which prove true blessings later when we see of what false materials they were first composed.

There are many trials that seem hard to bear at first which prove true blessings later when we see of what false materials they were first composed.

Stephen Vincent Benet quotes: I am tired of loving a foreign muse.

I am tired of loving a foreign muse.

Stephen Vincent Benet quotes: Truth is a hard deer to hunt. If you eat too much truth at once, you may die of the truth.

Truth is a hard deer to hunt. If you eat too much truth at once, you may die of the truth.

Stephen Vincent Benet quotes: Bury my heart at Wounded Knee.

Bury my heart at Wounded Knee.

Stephen Vincent Benet quotes: We cannot be a house divided - divided in will, divided in interest, divided in soul. We cannot be a house divided and live.

We cannot be a house divided - divided in will, divided in interest, divided in soul. We cannot be a house divided and live.

Stephen Vincent Benet quotes: Something begins, begins;Starlit and sunlit, something walks abroadIn flesh and spirit and fire.Something is loosed to change the shaken world.

Something begins, begins;Starlit and sunlit, something walks abroadIn flesh and spirit and fire.Something is loosed to change the shaken world.

Stephen Vincent Benet quotes: It is better the truth should come little by little. I have learned that, being a priest. Perhaps, in the old days, they ate knowledge too fast.

It is better the truth should come little by little. I have learned that, being a priest. Perhaps, in the old days, they ate knowledge too fast.

Stephen Vincent Benet quotes: Grant us brotherhood, not only for this day but for all our years - a brotherhood not of words but of acts and deeds.

Grant us brotherhood, not only for this day but for all our years - a brotherhood not of words but of acts and deeds.

Stephen Vincent Benet quotes: I died in my boots like a pioneer With the whole wide sky above me.

I died in my boots like a pioneer With the whole wide sky above me.

Stephen Vincent Benet quotes: Money is sullen And wisdom is sly, But youth is the pollen That blows through the sky And does not ask why.

Money is sullen And wisdom is sly, But youth is the pollen That blows through the sky And does not ask why.

Stephen Vincent Benet quotes: Our fathers and ourselves sowed dragon's teeth. Our children know and suffer the armed men.

Our fathers and ourselves sowed dragon's teeth. Our children know and suffer the armed men.

Stephen Vincent Benet quotes: Broad-streeted Richmond ... The trees in the streets are old trees used to living with people, Family trees that remember your grandfather's name.

Broad-streeted Richmond ... The trees in the streets are old trees used to living with people, Family trees that remember your grandfather's name.

Stephen Vincent Benet quotes: A man with a mouth like a mastiff, a brow like a mountain, and eyes like burning antracite - that was Dan'l Webster in his prime.

A man with a mouth like a mastiff, a brow like a mountain, and eyes like burning antracite - that was Dan'l Webster in his prime.

Stephen Vincent Benet quotes: When Daniel Boone goes by at nightThe phantom deer ariseAnd all lost, wild AmericaIs burning in their eyes.

When Daniel Boone goes by at night
The phantom deer arise
And all lost, wild America
Is burning in their eyes.

Stephen Vincent Benet quotes: Defeat is a fact and victory can be a fact. If the idea is good, it will survive defeat, it may even survive the victory.

Defeat is a fact and victory can be a fact. If the idea is good, it will survive defeat, it may even survive the victory.

Stephen Vincent Benet quotes: I had lost something in my youth and made money instead.

I had lost something in my youth and made money instead.

Stephen Vincent Benet quotes: Dreaming men are haunted men.

Dreaming men are haunted men.

Stephen Vincent Benet quotes: You work hard, and you'll rise. But, if you've got any foolish notions, just knock them on the head and forget them.

You work hard, and you'll rise. But, if you've got any foolish notions, just knock them on the head and forget them.

Stephen Vincent Benet quotes: You can take off your hats now, gentlemen, and I think perhaps you'd better.

You can take off your hats now, gentlemen, and I think perhaps you'd better.

Stephen Vincent Benet quotes: Technology will never rescue anyone from being a bad poet, but if you're good, it has the potential to do a lot of exciting things.

Technology will never rescue anyone from being a bad poet, but if you're good, it has the potential to do a lot of exciting things.

Stephen Vincent Benet quotes: Even in hell, if a man was a man, you'd know it.

Even in hell, if a man was a man, you'd know it.

Stephen Vincent Benet quotes: One cannot balance tragedy in the scales Unless one weighs it with the tragic heart.

One cannot balance tragedy in the scales Unless one weighs it with the tragic heart.

Stephen Vincent Benet quotes: I do think that the kind of writing that I do will always be around and printed in books, magazines, and now blogs.

I do think that the kind of writing that I do will always be around and printed in books, magazines, and now blogs.

Stephen Vincent Benet quotes: A phrase may come to me as I am walking, and, once I write it down in my journal, the rest of the poem will unravel from that catalyst.

A phrase may come to me as I am walking, and, once I write it down in my journal, the rest of the poem will unravel from that catalyst.

Stephen Vincent Benet quotes: Books are not men and yet they are alive.

Books are not men and yet they are alive.

Stephen Vincent Benet quotes: There is a wilderness we walk aloneHowever well-companioned

There is a wilderness we walk alone
However well-companioned

Stephen Vincent Benet quotes: The art finds kingdoms in a foot of ground.

The art finds kingdoms in a foot of ground.

Stephen Vincent Benet quotes: The ant finds kingdoms in a foot of ground.

The ant finds kingdoms in a foot of ground.

Stephen Vincent Benet quotes: If two New Hampshiremen aren't a match for the devil, we might as well give the country back to the Indians.

If two New Hampshiremen aren't a match for the devil, we might as well give the country back to the Indians.

Stephen Vincent Benet quotes: Seine and Piave are silver spoons,But the spoonbowl-metal is thin and worn

Seine and Piave are silver spoons,
But the spoonbowl-metal is thin and worn

Stephen Vincent Benet quotes: Whatever poetry that was in me was coming out in the form of constructing art books!

Whatever poetry that was in me was coming out in the form of constructing art books!

Stephen Vincent Benet quotes: There's nothing compared to the history of writing about the city of New York that you get, say, in Charles Reznikoff.

There's nothing compared to the history of writing about the city of New York that you get, say, in Charles Reznikoff.

Stephen Vincent Benet quotes: I have fallen in love with American names, the sharp names that never get fat.

I have fallen in love with American names, the sharp names that never get fat.

Stephen Vincent Benet quotes: As for what you're calling hard luck - well, we made New England out of it. That and codfish.

As for what you're calling hard luck - well, we made New England out of it. That and codfish.

Stephen Vincent Benet quotes: Honesty is as rare as a man without self-pity.

Honesty is as rare as a man without self-pity.

Stephen Vincent Benet quotes: Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the thousand small uncaring ways.

Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the thousand small uncaring ways.

Stephen Vincent Benet quotes: We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

Stephen Vincent Benet quotes: It is forbidden to go east, but I have gone, forbidden to go on the great river, but I am there. Open your hearts, you spirits, and hear my song.

It is forbidden to go east, but I have gone, forbidden to go on the great river, but I am there. Open your hearts, you spirits, and hear my song.

Stephen Vincent Benet quotes: Oh, Georgia booze is mighty fine booze, The best yuh ever poured yuh, But it eats the soles right offen yore shoes, For Hell's broke loose in Georgia.

Oh, Georgia booze is mighty fine booze, The best yuh ever poured yuh, But it eats the soles right offen yore shoes, For Hell's broke loose in Georgia.

Stephen Vincent Benet quotes: Sometimes a sign or a quote is simply interesting by itself and does not require anything beyond being framed on a page.

Sometimes a sign or a quote is simply interesting by itself and does not require anything beyond being framed on a page.

Stephen Vincent Benet quotes: I admire the attention other writers can give to the world we're walking in.

I admire the attention other writers can give to the world we're walking in.

Stephen Vincent Benet quotes: Life was a storm to wander through.

Life was a storm to wander through.

Stephen Vincent Benet quotes: I think a blog is a catalyst for a number of possible kinds of writing besides being its own medium.

I think a blog is a catalyst for a number of possible kinds of writing besides being its own medium.

Stephen Vincent Benet quotes: Treat a boy like a fool and he'll act like a fool, I say, but there's some folks need convincing.

Treat a boy like a fool and he'll act like a fool, I say, but there's some folks need convincing.

Stephen Vincent Benet quotes: Trouble with women. Can't do any art and be married if you're in love with your wife.

Trouble with women. Can't do any art and be married if you're in love with your wife.