“And images of self-confusednesses
Which hurt imaginations only see
And from this nothing seen, tells news of devils,
Which but expressions be of inward evils.”
—Fulke Greville (15541628)
“I tell it stories now and then
and feed it images like honey.
I will not speculate today
with poems that think theyre money.”
—Anne Sexton (19281974)
“Disappointment, when it involves neither shame nor loss, is as good as success; for it supplies as many images to the mind, and as many topics to the tongue.”
—Samuel Johnson (17091784)