Famous quotes containing the words woman and/or poet:
“When we made love,
she issued hundreds of orders
and her cheeks bloomed with joy,
but at dawn,
this same woman hangs her head
and Im not so sure shes my lover.”
—Hla Stavhana (c. 50 A.D.)
“The poet is he that hath fat enough, like bears and marmots, to suck his claws all winter. He hibernates in this world, and feeds on his own marrow.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)