Marianne Moore (November 15, 1887 – February 5, 1972) was an American Modernist poet and writer noted for her irony and wit.
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Famous quotes by marianne moore:
“Unignorant,
modest and unemotional, and all emotion,
he has everlasting vigor,
power to grow,
though there are few creatures who can make one
breathe faster and make one erecter.”
—Marianne Moore (1887–1972)
“The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence;
not in silence, but restraint.”
—Marianne Moore (1887–1972)
“Does it follow that because there are poisonous toadstools
which resemble mushrooms, both are dangerous?”
—Marianne Moore (1887–1972)
“Victory won’t come
to me unless I go
to it; a grape tendril
ties a knot in knots till
knotted thirty times,—”
—Marianne Moore (1887–1972)
“We do not like some things, and the hero
doesn’t; deviating head-stones
and uncertainty;
going where one does not wish
to go;suffering and not
saying so;”
—Marianne Moore (1887–1972)