Source: The Iron Man
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Famous Ted Hughes Quotes
“He was his own leftover, the spat-out scrag. He was what his brain could make nothing of.”
“There is no better way to know us Than as two wolves, come separately to a wood.”
Source: The Hawk in the Rain
“In the pit of red You hid from the bone-clinic whiteness But the jewel you lost was blue.”
Source: Birthday letters
Source: Letters of Ted Hughes
“Do as you like with me. I'm your parcel. I have only our address on me. Open me, or readdress me.”
Source: Birthday letters
Source: Letters of Ted Hughes
Source: Birthday letters
Source: Collected Poems of Ted Hughes
Source: The Iron Man
“Prose, narratives, etcetera, can carry healing. Poetry does it more intensely.”
“It took the whole of Creation to produce my foot, my each feather: now I hold Creation in my foot.”
“The Bush administration doesn't particularly like public participation. It makes them look bad.”