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James Merrill Quotes

What we dream up must be lived down, I think Picture Quote #1

Arthur Young’s Reflexive Universe - fascinating but too schematic to fit into my scheme. The most I could hope for was a sense of the vocabulary and some possible images Picture Quote #1

At college I’d seen my dead frog’s limbs twitch under some applied stimulus or other - seen, but hadn’t believed. Didn’t dream of thinking beyond or around what I saw Picture Quote #1

I’d like to think the scientists need us - but do they? Did Newton need Blake? Picture Quote #1

Knowing some Greek helped defuse forbidding words - not that I counted much on using them. You’ll find only trace elements of this language in the poem Picture Quote #1

Strange about parents. We have such easy access to them and such daunting problems of communication Picture Quote #1

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Knowing some Greek helped defuse forbidding words - not that I counted much on using them. You’ll find only trace elements of this language in the poem Picture Quote #1

Before trying a novel I wrote a couple of plays Picture Quote #1

In life, there are no perfect affections Picture Quote #1

The simplest science book is over my head Picture Quote #1

The day is breaking someone else’s heart Picture Quote #1

And, as I have said, it’s made me think twice about the imagination. If the spirits aren’t external, how astonishing the mediums become! Victor Hugo said of his voices that they were like his own mental powers multiplied by five Picture Quote #1

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He puts his right hand lightly on the cup, I put my left, leaving the right free to transcribe, and away we go. We get, oh, 500 to 600 words an hour. Better than gasoline Picture Quote #1

But those two plays left me on fresh terms with language. I didn’t always have to speak in my own voice Picture Quote #1

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What we dream up must be lived down, I think (James Merrill Quotes) Arthur Young’s Reflexive Universe - fascinating but too schematic to fit into my scheme. The most I could hope for was a sense of the vocabulary and some possible images (James Merrill Quotes) At college I’d seen my dead frog’s limbs twitch under some applied stimulus or other - seen, but hadn’t believed. Didn’t dream of thinking beyond or around what I saw (James Merrill Quotes) I’d like to think the scientists need us - but do they? Did Newton need Blake? (James Merrill Quotes) Knowing some Greek helped defuse forbidding words - not that I counted much on using them. You’ll find only trace elements of this language in the poem (James Merrill Quotes) Strange about parents. We have such easy access to them and such daunting problems of communication (James Merrill Quotes) Knowing some Greek helped defuse forbidding words - not that I counted much on using them. You’ll find only trace elements of this language in the poem. (James Merrill Quotes) Before trying a novel I wrote a couple of plays (James Merrill Quotes) In life, there are no perfect affections (James Merrill Quotes) The simplest science book is over my head (James Merrill Quotes) The day is breaking someone else’s heart (James Merrill Quotes) And, as I have said, it’s made me think twice about the imagination. If the spirits aren’t external, how astonishing the mediums become! Victor Hugo said of his voices that they were like his own mental powers multiplied by five (James Merrill Quotes) He puts his right hand lightly on the cup, I put my left, leaving the right free to transcribe, and away we go. We get, oh, 500 to 600 words an hour. Better than gasoline (James Merrill Quotes) But those two plays left me on fresh terms with language. I didn’t always have to speak in my own voice (James Merrill Quotes)