Author: Paul Engle

Quotes

When your first marriage goes into tragedy, you become very battle-scarred... I even thought of suicide. Luckily, I had known some happy marriages.

When your first marriage goes into tragedy, you become very battle-scarred... I even thought of suicide. Luckily, I had known some happy marriages.

- Paul Engle

Wisdom is knowing when you can't be wise.

Wisdom is knowing when you can't be wise.

- Paul Engle

The sharpest memory of our old-fashioned Christmas eve is my mother's hand making sure I was settled in bed.

The sharpest memory of our old-fashioned Christmas eve is my mother's hand making sure I was settled in bed.

- Paul Engle

I wanted to write poetry almost a little more than I wanted to eat.

I wanted to write poetry almost a little more than I wanted to eat.

- Paul Engle

Human life is too difficult for people.

Human life is too difficult for people.

- Paul Engle

Poetry is ordinary language raised to the Nth power. Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved and blooded with emotions, all held together by the delicate, tough skin of words.

Poetry is ordinary language raised to the Nth power. Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved and blooded with emotions, all held together by the delicate, tough skin of words.

- Paul Engle

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