Author: Randall Jarrell

Quotes

It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with you for the rest of your life.

It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with you for the rest of your life.

- Randall Jarrell

The people who live in a golden age usually go around complaining how yellow everything looks.

The people who live in a golden age usually go around complaining how yellow everything looks.

- Randall Jarrell

The blind date that has stood you up: your life.

The blind date that has stood you up: your life.

- Randall Jarrell

I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one in which nine-tenths of our intellectuals can't read any poetry.

I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one in which nine-tenths of our intellectuals can't read any poetry.

- Randall Jarrell

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