"We poets would die of loneliness but..." - Quote by William Butler Yeats

“But stories that live longestAre sung above the glass,And Parnell loved his countryAnd Parnell loved his lass.”

“What made us dream that he could comb gray hair?”

“O heart, be at peace, becauseNor knave nor dolt can breakWhat's not for their applause,Being for a woman's sake.”

“The great poet is always a seer, seeing less with the eyes of the body than he does with the eyes of the mind.”

“Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder.”

“The poet is the supreme artist, for he is the master of colour and of form, and the real musician besides, and is lord over all life and all arts.”

“one pale woman all alone,The daylight kissing her wan hair,Loitered beneath the gas lamps' flare,With lips of flame and heart of stone.”

“How men envy and often hate these warm clocks, these wives, who know they will live forever. So what do we do? We men turn terribly mean, because we can't hold to the world or ourselves or anything. We are blind to continuity, all breaks down, falls, melts, stops, rots, or runs away. So, since we cannot shape Time, where does that leave men? Sleepless. Staring.”

“Other women who are killing it should motivate you, thrill you, challenge you and inspire you.”