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William Carlos Williams Quotes

«I have had my dream -- like others --and it has come to nothing, so thatI remain now carelesslywith feet planted on the groundand look up at the sky.»
«We lived long togethera life filled,if you will,with flowers. So thatI was cheeredwhen I came first to knowthat there were flowers alsoin hell.»
Author: William Carlos Williams (Poet) | Keywords: cheered
«When I was youngerit was plain to meI must make something of myself.Older nowI walk back streetsadmiring the housesof the very poor. . . .»
«If you can bring nothing to this placebut your carcass, keep out.»
«When I am alone I am happy.»
«Subtle, clever brain, wiser than I am,by what devious means do you contriveto remain idle? Teach me, O master.»
Author: William Carlos Williams (Poet) | Keywords: devious
«Nothing whips my blood like verse.»
Author: William Carlos Williams (Poet) | Keywords: whips
«Afraid lest he be caught up in a net of words tripped up, bewildered and so defeated - thrown aside - a man hesitates to write down his innermost convictions.»
«No woman is virtuous, who does not give herself to her lover»
«My surface is myself.Under whichto witness, youth isburied. Roots?Everybody has roots.»
Author: William Carlos Williams (Poet) | Keywords: buried

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