Author: Rita Dove

Quotes

I try to show what it is about language and music that enthralls, because I think those are the two elements of poetry.

I try to show what it is about language and music that enthralls, because I think those are the two elements of poetry.

- Rita Dove

I loved to read, but I always thought that the dream was too far away. The person who had written the book was a god, it wasn't a person.

I loved to read, but I always thought that the dream was too far away. The person who had written the book was a god, it wasn't a person.

- Rita Dove

I'm a night person. My best times are midnight to six, actually.

I'm a night person. My best times are midnight to six, actually.

- Rita Dove

Equality and self-determination should never be divided in the name of religious or ideological fervor.

Equality and self-determination should never be divided in the name of religious or ideological fervor.

- Rita Dove

One definition of eternity is that we are not alone on this planet, that there are those who've gone before and those who will come, and that there is a community of spirits.

One definition of eternity is that we are not alone on this planet, that there are those who've gone before and those who will come, and that there is a community of spirits.

- Rita Dove

There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints.

There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints.

- Rita Dove

My father is a chemist, my mother was a homemaker. My parents instilled in us the feeling that learning was the most exciting thing that could happen to you, and it never ends.

My father is a chemist, my mother was a homemaker. My parents instilled in us the feeling that learning was the most exciting thing that could happen to you, and it never ends.

- Rita Dove

Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.

Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.

- Rita Dove

In working on a poem, I love to revise. Lots of younger poets don't enjoy this, but in the process of revision I discover things.

In working on a poem, I love to revise. Lots of younger poets don't enjoy this, but in the process of revision I discover things.

- Rita Dove

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