“It may be said that poems are in one way like icebergs: only about a third of their bulk appears above the surface of the page.” WayMaySaidLiteraturePagesThirdsSurfaceOne WayIceberg Book:Figures of thought: speculations on the meaning of poetry & other essays Source: Figures of thought: speculations on the meaning of poetry & other essays
“History is one of those marvelous and necessary illusions we have to deal with. It's one of the ways of dealing with our world with impossible generalities which we couldn't live without.” WorldWayLiteratureDealsImpossibleIllusionOur WorldMarvelousGeneralities Author:Howard Nemerov
“The only way out is the way through, just as you cannot escape death except by dying. Being unable to write, you must examine in writing this being unable, which becomes for the present -henceforth?- the subject to which you are condemned.” WayWritingSubjectsDying Author:Howard Nemerov
