"I have a sense of melancholy isolation, life rapidly vanishing, all the usual things. It's very strange how often strong feelings don't seem to carry any message of action"

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Source : Philip Larkin (2012). “Philip Larkin: Letters to Monica”, p.339, Faber & Faber

Philip Larkin

#Strong Quotes #Feelings Quotes #Vanishing Quotes

“Writing seems to be more difficult as you move through the years.”
“Even the contemplative life is only an effort, Nora my dear, to hide the body so the feet wonâ€™t stick out.”
“O Lord, help me not to despise or oppose what I do not understand.”
“A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.”
“There was no light. The darkness was deep and there was no dazzle.”
“I think my strength is in shaping a song - you know, making it feel like it reaches its peaks and valleys, and ends when it should end.”

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“If you’re a writer, your first duty, a duty you owe to yourself and your readers, and to your writing itself, is to become wonderful. To become the best writer you can possibly be.”
“Our first impressions are generated by our experiences and our environment, which means that we can change our first impressions . . . by changing the experiences that comprise those impressions.”

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