Amy Lowell

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. ↗

— Amy Lowell

#books #core #died #essence #heart

All books are either dreams or swords, You can cut, or you can drug, with words. ↗

— Amy Lowell

#dreams #dreams

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. ↗

— Amy Lowell

#poetry #age

I am tired, Beloved, of chafing my heart against the want of you; of squeezing it into little inkdrops, And posting it. ↗

— Amy Lowell

#yearning #love

All books are either dreams or swords. ↗

— Amy Lowell

#dreams

Christ! What are patterns for? ↗

— Amy Lowell

#love #war #love

Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in. ↗

— Amy Lowell

#desire #express #himself #his #lives

Happiness, to some, elation; Is, to others, mere stagnation. ↗

— Amy Lowell

#happiness #mere #others #some #stagnation

Youth condemns; maturity condones. ↗

— Amy Lowell

#maturity #youth

Let us be of cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come. ↗

— Amy Lowell

#cheer #come #hardest #let us #misfortunes