"Nobody really knows whether they are a poet. I knew I was interested from the age of 15."

-- James Fenton

#Age Quotes #Poet Quotes

“Poetry is an art, the easiest to dabble in, but the hardest to reach true excellence.”
“You worry too much. Eat some bacon...what? No, I got no idea if it'll make you feel better, I just made too much bacon.”
“Tragedies are about the depths that call up to certain men and insist that they descend.”
“Gutenberg, your printing press has been violated by this evil book, Mein Kampf!”

Source : Friedrich Kellner (2017). “My Opposition”, p.452, Cambridge University Press
“In education, we are striving not to teach youth to make a living, but to make a life.”
“You're an interesting species. An interesting mix. You're capable of such beautiful dreams, and such horrible nightmares. You feel so lost, so cut off, so alone, only you're not. See, in all our searching, the only thing we've found that makes the emptiness bearable, is each other.”
“We think of death and loss as tragic twins, but in fact it is loss that hurts us.”
“Focus on the play like it has a history and a life of its own.”

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