113 Quotes by Amy Lowell

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    My heart is tuned to sorrow, and the strings Vibrate most readily to minor chords, Searching and sad; my mind is stuffed with words Which voice the passion and the ache of things: Illusions beating with their baffled wings Against the walls of circumstance.

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    When trying to explain anything, I usually find that the Bible, that great collection of magnificent and varied poetry, has said it before in the best possible way.

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    Fifteen millions of soldiers with popguns and horses All bent upon killing, because their "of courses" Are not quite the same.

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    Life is a stream On which we strew Petal by petal the flower of our heart.

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    Art is like politics. Any theory carried too far ends in sterility, and freshness is only gained by following some other line.

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