Author: Amy Lowell

Quotes

Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in.

Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in.

- Amy Lowell

Time! Joyless emblem of the greed of millions, robber of the best which earth can give.

Time! Joyless emblem of the greed of millions, robber of the best which earth can give.

- Amy Lowell

I am tired, beloved, of chafing my heart against the want of you; of squeezing it into little ink drops, and posting it. And I scald alone, here, under the fire of the great moon.

I am tired, beloved, of chafing my heart against the want of you; of squeezing it into little ink drops, and posting it. And I scald alone, here, under the fire of the great moon.

- Amy Lowell

Happiness, to some, elation; Is, to others, mere stagnation.

Happiness, to some, elation; Is, to others, mere stagnation.

- Amy Lowell

Take everything easy and quit dreaming and brooding and you will be well guarded from a thousand evils.

Take everything easy and quit dreaming and brooding and you will be well guarded from a thousand evils.

- Amy Lowell

All books are either dreams or swords, you can cut, or you can drug, with words.

All books are either dreams or swords, you can cut, or you can drug, with words.

- Amy Lowell

In science, read by preference the newest works. In literature, read the oldest. The classics are always modern.

In science, read by preference the newest works. In literature, read the oldest. The classics are always modern.

- Amy Lowell

For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives.

For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives.

- Amy Lowell

Moon! Moon! I am prone before you. Pity me, and drench me in loneliness.

Moon! Moon! I am prone before you. Pity me, and drench me in loneliness.

- Amy Lowell

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