13,976 Quotes About Poetry

Unbeing dead isn't being alive.

The words ‘I Love You’ kill, and resurrect millions, in less than a second.

Who never wanted, ― maddest joyRemains to him unknown ;The banquet of abstemiousnessSurpasses that of wine.Within its hope, though yet ungraspedDesire's perfect goal,No nearer, lest realityShould disenthrall thy soul.

We never want the same.

I fall back into what I was. Days go by when I do nothing but underline the damp edge of myself.What I want is what I've always wanted. What I want is to be changed.

Undue significance a starving man attaches to foodFar off ; he sighs, and therefore hopeless,And therefore good.Partaken, it relieves indeed, but proves usThat spices flyIn the receipt. It was the distanceWas savory.

In this we may be alike, Assassin, you & me: we believeWe want what’s best for humanity. I'll probably surviveDancing with the kinds of people who must find refugeAmong the sweat & rancor of a Fish & Chicken ShackBut Assassin, they'll probably murder you. Do you ask,Why you should die for me if I will not die for you? I do.

John Keats / John Keats / John / Please put your scarf on.

How long can I sit here not doing the thingI want to do.