"It looked as if a night of..." - Quote by Robert Frost
It looked as if a night of dark intent was coming, and not only a night, an age. Someone had better be prepared for rage.
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“Like a piece of ice on a hot stove the poem must ride on its own melting.”
“There is absolutely no reason for being rushed along with the rush. Everybody should be free to go slow.”
“Of course there is matter for remark in poems. Nobody denies that. But it must be solemnly laid on everybody in this world to make his own observations and remarks. That's what we mean by thinking, and that's about all we mean. A teacher says to a pupil "Watch me notice a few things in the next few months: let's see you notice a few things too."”
More on Future
“After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I can rest only for a moment, for with freedom come responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not yet ended.”
“The most important history is the history we make today.”
“I feel some unwillingness to quit the remembrance of the past. With all the hope of the new I feel that we are leaving the old.”
More on Darkness
“As a writer, I will tell you that darkness is so easy to make interesting. It is so easy because you're allowed to do anything you want.”
“Light up the darkness”
“Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of awareness of darkness... as the contrast between what we have and how it could be worse is vital to appreciate anything, including our life, and so be happy and grateful”