Amy Lowell Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

19 Famous Quotes by Amy Lowell
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“Let us be of cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.”
Cheerfulness Quotes
“Soft-heartedness, in times like these, Shows sof'ness in the upper story!”
Weakness Quotes
Source: The Biglow Papers (second series, no. 7)
“Every castle of the air Sleeps in the fine black grains, and there Are seeds for every romance, or light Whiff of a dream for a summer night.”
Poppies Quotes
Source: Sword Blades and Poppy Seed
“Visions for those too tired to sleep, These seeds cast a film over eyes which weep.”
Poppies Quotes
Source: Sword Blades and Poppy Seed
“For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives.”
Books Quotes
“Hate is ravening vulture beaks descending on a place of skulls.”
Hatred Quotes
“Youth condemns; maturity condones.”
Maturity Quotes
“A man must be sacrificed now and again To provide for the next generation of men.”
Sacrifice Quotes
“Even Pain pricks to livelier living.”
Melancholy Quotes
“There are few things so futile, and few so amusing, As a peaceful and purposeless sort of perusing Of old random jottings set down in a blank book You've unearthed from a drawer as you looked for your bank book”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“Hate is ravening vulture beaks descending on a place of skulls.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“I am tired, beloved, of chafing my heart against the want of you; of squeezing it into little ink drops, and posting it. And I scald alone, here, under the fire of the great moon.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men lived and worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“Sexual love is the most stupendous fact of the universe, and the most magical mystery our poor blind senses know.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“All books are either dreams or swords,You can cut, or you can drug, with words.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“You are ice and fire the touch of you burns my hands like snow.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“Let us be of cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“In science, read by preference the newest works. In literature, read the oldest. The classics are always modern.”
Miscellaneous Quotes