What did Theodore Roethke mean by: What’s important? That which is dug out of books, or out of the guts? - Theodore Roethke Poet · USA Copy
+ I am overwhelmed by the beautiful disorder of poetry, the eternal virginity of words. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Theodore Roethke, Beautiful, Disorder, Overwhelmed, 0 - Theodore Roethke Poet · USA
+ What is madness but nobility of soul at odds with circumstance? Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Theodore Roethke, Odds, Positivity, 0 - Theodore Roethke Poet · USA
+ Nothing would give up life: Even the dirt keeps breathing a small breath. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Theodore Roethke, Breathe, Dirt, Giving Up, 0 - Theodore Roethke Poet · USA
+ A lively understandable spirit Once entertained you. It will come again. Be still. Wait. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Theodore Roethke, Spirit, Waiting, 0 - Theodore Roethke Poet · USA
+ The damage of teaching: the constant contact with the undeveloped. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Theodore Roethke, Contact, Damage, Teaching, 0 - Theodore Roethke Poet · USA
+ I lose and find myself in the long water. I am gathered together once more. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Theodore Roethke, Together, Water, 0 - Theodore Roethke Poet · USA
+ The self says, I am; The heart says, I am less; The spirit says, you are Nothing. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Theodore Roethke, Heart, Humility, Self, 0 - Theodore Roethke Poet · USA
+ And I walked, I walked through the light air; I moved with the morning. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Theodore Roethke, Journey, Light, Morning, 0 - Theodore Roethke Poet · USA
That is the greatest gift my books have given me; what it means and has done for the kids. - Jean Craighead George
Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Books can ignite fires in your mind, because they carry ideas for kindling, and art for matches. - Gary D. Schmidt Author
There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Anyone who reads a book with a sense of obligation does not understand the art of reading. - Lin Yutang Writer · China
Art is a guarantee of sanity. That is the most important thing I have said. - Louise Bourgeois Sculptor · France
