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Robert Frost Quotes

Life must be kept up at a great rate in order to absorb any considerable amount of learning Picture Quote #1

You’re always believing ahead of your evidence. What was the evidence I could write a poem? I just believed it. The most creative thing in us is to believe in a thing Picture Quote #1

Before I built a wall I’d ask to know what I was walling in or walling out Picture Quote #1

Like a piece of ice on a hot stove the poem must ride on its own melting Picture Quote #1

Unless you are educated in metaphor, you are not safe to be let loose in the world Picture Quote #1

Yes, and even for the past... that it will turn out to have been all right for what it was. Something I can accept. Mistakes made by the self I had to be or was not able to be Picture Quote #1

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When I was young, I was so interested in baseball that my family was afraid I’d waste my life and be a pitcher. Later they were afraid I’d waste my life and be a poet. They were right Picture Quote #1

Earth’s the right place for love. I don’t know where it’s likely to go better Picture Quote #1

I’ve given offense by saying I’d as soon write free verse as play tennis with the net down Picture Quote #1

You’ve got to love what’s lovable, and hate what’s hateable. It takes brains to see the difference Picture Quote #1

Families break up when they get hints you don’t intend and miss hints that you do Picture Quote #1

The question that he frames in all but words is what to make of a diminished thing Picture Quote #1

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So was I once myself a swinger of birches. And so I dream of going back to be Picture Quote #1

It looked as if a night of dark intent was coming, and not only a night, an age. Someone had better be prepared for rage Picture Quote #1

Time and tide wait for no man, but time always stands still for a woman of 30 Picture Quote #1

I could define poetry this way: it is that which is lost out of both prose and verse in translation Picture Quote #1

At bottom the world isn’t a joke. We only joke about it to avoid an issue with someone, to let someone know that we know he’s there with his questions; to disarm him by seeming to have heard and done justice to his side of the standing argument Picture Quote #1

He burned his house down for the fire insurance and spent the proceeds on a telescope Picture Quote #1

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Nothing flatters me more than to have it assumed that I could write prose, unless it be to have it assumed that I once pitched a baseball with distinction Picture Quote #1

What you want, what you’re hanging around in the world waiting for, is for something to occur to you Picture Quote #1

All there is to writing is having ideas. To learn to write is to learn to have ideas Picture Quote #1

There is absolutely no reason for being rushed along with the rush. Everybody should be free to go slow Picture Quote #1

Nature is always hinting at us. It hints over and over again. And suddenly we take the hint Picture Quote #1

We cannot tell some people what it is believe, partly because they are too stupid to understand, partly because we are too proudly vague to explain Picture Quote #1

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There are three things, after all, that a poem must reach: the eye, the ear, and what we may call the heart or the mind. It is the most important of all to reach the heart of the reader Picture Quote #1

The first thing I do in any town I come to is ask if it has a bookstore Picture Quote #1

Keep all ur troubles in ur own pocket. But, make sure that the pocket has a hole! Picture Quote #1

For me the initial delight is in the surprise of remembering something I didn’t know I knew. I have never started a poem yet whose end I knew. Writing... is discovering Picture Quote #1

Nearly everybody is looking for something brave to do. I don’t know why people shouldn’t write poetry. That’s brave Picture Quote #1

I never knew what was meant by choice of words. It was one word or none Picture Quote #1

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Life must be kept up at a great rate in order to absorb any considerable amount of learning (Robert Frost Quotes) You’re always believing ahead of your evidence. What was the evidence I could write a poem? I just believed it. The most creative thing in us is to believe in a thing (Robert Frost Quotes) Before I built a wall I’d ask to know what I was walling in or walling out (Robert Frost Quotes) Like a piece of ice on a hot stove the poem must ride on its own melting (Robert Frost Quotes) Unless you are educated in metaphor, you are not safe to be let loose in the world (Robert Frost Quotes) Yes, and even for the past... that it will turn out to have been all right for what it was. Something I can accept. Mistakes made by the self I had to be or was not able to be (Robert Frost Quotes) When I was young, I was so interested in baseball that my family was afraid I’d waste my life and be a pitcher. Later they were afraid I’d waste my life and be a poet. They were right (Robert Frost Quotes) Earth’s the right place for love. I don’t know where it’s likely to go better (Robert Frost Quotes) I’ve given offense by saying I’d as soon write free verse as play tennis with the net down (Robert Frost Quotes) You’ve got to love what’s lovable, and hate what’s hateable. It takes brains to see the difference (Robert Frost Quotes) Families break up when they get hints you don’t intend and miss hints that you do (Robert Frost Quotes) The question that he frames in all but words is what to make of a diminished thing (Robert Frost Quotes) So was I once myself a swinger of birches. And so I dream of going back to be (Robert Frost Quotes) It looked as if a night of dark intent was coming, and not only a night, an age. Someone had better be prepared for rage (Robert Frost Quotes) Time and tide wait for no man, but time always stands still for a woman of 30 (Robert Frost Quotes) I could define poetry this way: it is that which is lost out of both prose and verse in translation (Robert Frost Quotes) At bottom the world isn’t a joke. We only joke about it to avoid an issue with someone, to let someone know that we know he’s there with his questions; to disarm him by seeming to have heard and done justice to his side of the standing argument (Robert Frost Quotes) He burned his house down for the fire insurance and spent the proceeds on a telescope (Robert Frost Quotes) Nothing flatters me more than to have it assumed that I could write prose, unless it be to have it assumed that I once pitched a baseball with distinction (Robert Frost Quotes) What you want, what you’re hanging around in the world waiting for, is for something to occur to you (Robert Frost Quotes) All there is to writing is having ideas. To learn to write is to learn to have ideas (Robert Frost Quotes) There is absolutely no reason for being rushed along with the rush. Everybody should be free to go slow (Robert Frost Quotes) Nature is always hinting at us. It hints over and over again. And suddenly we take the hint (Robert Frost Quotes) We cannot tell some people what it is believe, partly because they are too stupid to understand, partly because we are too proudly vague to explain (Robert Frost Quotes) There are three things, after all, that a poem must reach: the eye, the ear, and what we may call the heart or the mind. It is the most important of all to reach the heart of the reader (Robert Frost Quotes) The first thing I do in any town I come to is ask if it has a bookstore (Robert Frost Quotes) Keep all ur troubles in ur own pocket. But, make sure that the pocket has a hole! (Robert Frost Quotes) For me the initial delight is in the surprise of remembering something I didn’t know I knew. I have never started a poem yet whose end I knew. Writing... is discovering (Robert Frost Quotes) Nearly everybody is looking for something brave to do. I don’t know why people shouldn’t write poetry. That’s brave (Robert Frost Quotes) I never knew what was meant by choice of words. It was one word or none (Robert Frost Quotes)

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