Author: Howard Nemerov

Quotes

A chronicle is very different from history proper.

A chronicle is very different from history proper.

- Howard Nemerov

Nothing in the universe can travel at the speed of light, they say, forgetful of the shadow's speed.

Nothing in the universe can travel at the speed of light, they say, forgetful of the shadow's speed.

- Howard Nemerov

I've thought of the last line of some poems for years and tried them out, It wouldn't work because the last line was much too beautiful for the poem.

I've thought of the last line of some poems for years and tried them out, It wouldn't work because the last line was much too beautiful for the poem.

- Howard Nemerov

I would talk in iambic pentameter if it were easier.

I would talk in iambic pentameter if it were easier.

- Howard Nemerov

A teacher is a person who never says anything once.

A teacher is a person who never says anything once.

- Howard Nemerov

Shakespeare tells the same stories over and over in so many guises that it takes a long time before you notice.

Shakespeare tells the same stories over and over in so many guises that it takes a long time before you notice.

- Howard Nemerov

I think there's one thing which distinguishes our art - we don't consider. We don't think. We write a little verse because it comes to us.

I think there's one thing which distinguishes our art - we don't consider. We don't think. We write a little verse because it comes to us.

- Howard Nemerov

The secrets of success are a good wife and a steady job. My wife told me.

The secrets of success are a good wife and a steady job. My wife told me.

- Howard Nemerov

I do insist on making what I hope is sense so there's always a coherent narrative or argument that the reader can follow.

I do insist on making what I hope is sense so there's always a coherent narrative or argument that the reader can follow.

- Howard Nemerov

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