"The reason modern poetry is difficult is so that the poet's wife cannot understand it."

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Wendy Cope

#Wife Quotes #Poetry Quotes #Reason Quotes

“There is bad in all good authors: what a pity the converse isn't true!”
“Can we today measure devotion to husband and children by our indifference to everything else?”
“I believe in our side and theirs, with the good and evil decided after the fact, by those who survive. Among men you seldom find the good with one standard and the shadow with another.”
“If life was a dream, then dying must be the moment when you woke up. It was so simple it must be true. You died, the dream was over, you woke up. That's what people meant when they talked about going to heaven. It was like waking up.”
“Every day is an opportunity disguised as a challenge.”
“To be a great fast bowler, you need a big heart and a big bottom.”
“And I know that God and His grace are sufficient for the moment I find myself in. When I wake up tomorrow, whatever the challenges, I know God will be there and will provide His grace. This is my hope. This is my strength.”
“Nothing you will object to," James replied in a soothing tone. I cannot think how he came to imagine that he would know what I might or might not object to.”

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