Fanny Howe Quotes

Poet

Fanny Howe is an American poet born on October 15, 1940. Her poetry is known for its profound emotion and rich imagination, exploring themes such as personal experience, social politics, and religious faith.

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All Afterlife Climate Courses Doubt Enough Feels Gestures Good Enough Hated Heart

Famous Fanny Howe Quotes

“We have often had this particular exchange about climate and landscape and why we both feel so lonely here uprooted. It was what each of us had wanted of course.Besides wanting to experience a place we hated, we wanted to be insomniacs and loners, losers and drop-outs. To know the sky was the only location of meaning and joy left to us.”

Knows Feels Wanted Joy Courses Left Sky Particular Lonely Climate Landscape Hated Loser Location Loner So Lonely Insomniac

Book:Indivisible

Source: Indivisible

“If this world isn't good enough for us then an afterlife won't be enough.”

Ifs World Enough This World Good Enough Afterlife

Book:Selected poems

Source: Selected poems

“Doubt is what allows a single gesture to have a heart.”

Heart Doubt Gestures

Book:Gone: Poems

Source: Gone: Poems

About the Author

Born: October 15, 1940
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 3

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