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Quote by Marianne Moore

“You're not free until you've been made captive by supreme belief.”

Quote by Marianne Moore

Book:Complete Poems

Work

This book gathers a wide range of poems, showcasing various styles and themes from the author's career. more

Author

American poet known for her unique modernist style and profound philosophical insights. Her poetry is concise and insightful, often exploring themes of nature, art, and the human condition. more

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“The cynics in life are the people who are always trying to do things for people who don't want things done for them.”

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Book:The complete prose of Marianne Moore

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“Only imagination that towers can reproduce evanescence and render rigidity flexible.”

Imagination Towers Flexible Rigidity Evanescence

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“Men are monopolists of "stars, garters, buttons and other shining baubles"- unfit to be the guardians of another person's happiness.”

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“There is no pleasure subtler than the sensation of being a good workman; and in work there is the sense of consanguinity-unconscious as a rule but sometimes conscious.”

Sometimes Work Pleasure Conscious Unconscious Sensations Good Work Workmen

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Source: The complete prose of Marianne Moore

“Writing is an undertaking for the modest.”

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“Egotism is usually subversive of sagacity.”

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“America does to me what I knew it would do: it just bumps me. The people charge at you like trucks coming down on you -- no awareness. But one tries to dodge aside in time. Bump! bump! go the trucks. And that is human contact.”

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“Literature is a toil and a snare, a curse that bites deep.”

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“You must drop all your democracy. You must not believe in ''the people.'' One class is no better than another. It must be a case of Wisdom, or Truth. Let the working classes be working classes. That is the truth. There must be an aristocracy of people who have wisdom, and there must be a Ruler: a Kaiser: no Presidents and democracies.”

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“We make a mistake forsaking England and moving out into the periphery of life. After all, Taormina, Ceylon, Africa, America -- as far as we go, they are only the negation of what we ourselves stand for and are: and we're rather like Jonahs running away from the place we belong.”

Running America Moving Mistake England Running Away Exile Negation Jonah Periphery Moving Out

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