"The form of my poem rises out of a past that so overwhelms the present with its worth and vision that I'm at a loss to explain my delusion that there exist any real links between that past and a future worthy of it."

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Source : Hart Crane (1965). “The letters of Hart Crane, 1916-1932”

Hart Crane

#Real Quotes #Loss Quotes #Past Quotes

“Fear and hope are alike underneath.”
“The bee and the serpent often sip from the selfsame flower.”

Source : "Morte d' Abele". Part I, 1732.
“There are no days off in our division. Even a team like Tampa Bay can beat you up.”
“The most fruitful and worthwhile thing I have ever done has been to teach.”
“The spectacle of the sky overwhelms me. Im overwhelmed when I see, in an immense sky, the crescent of the moon, or the sun. There, in my pictures, tiny forms in huge empty spaces. Empty spaces, empty horizons, empty plains - everything which is bare has always greatly impressed me.”
“Pain is the purifier. Love pain. Embrace pain.”
“The poor and ignorant will continue to lie and steal as long as the rich and educated show them how.”
“To act with common sense according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know.”

Source : Horace Walpole (1967). “The Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence”

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