“Love is that common tone shall raise his fiery head and sound his note.”
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Famous William Carlos Williams Quotes
“Sure love is cruel and selfish and totally obtuse-- at least, blinded by the light, young love is.”
Source: The Collected Poems of William Carlos Williams: 1939-1962
Source: Selected poems
“What "love" is I don't know if it's not the response of our deepest natures to one another.”
Source: The Selected Letters of William Carlos Williams
“The business of love is cruelty which, by our wills, we transform to live together.”
Source: Pictures from Brueghel, and Other Poems: Collected Poems, 1950-1962
“Love is a young green willow shimmering at the bare wood's edge”
Source: The Collected Poems of William Carlos Williams
“Love is unworldly and nothing comes of it but love.”
Source: Asphodel, that Greeny Flower & Other Love Poems