John Masefield

The distant soul can shake the distant friend's soul and make the longing felt, over untold miles. ↗

— John Masefield

#separation #friendship

Only the road and the dawn, the sun, the wind, and the rain, And the watch fire under stars, and sleep, and the road again. ↗

— John Masefield

#travel #nature

Christmas ought to be brought up to date,” Maria said. “It ought to have gangsters, and aeroplanes and a lot of automatic pistols. ↗

— John Masefield

#gangsters #guns #modernity #dating

In this life he laughs longest who laughs last. ↗

— John Masefield

#laughs #life #longest #who

It's a warm wind, the west wind, full of birds' cries. ↗

— John Masefield

#cries #full #warm #west #wind

Once in a century a man may be ruined or made insufferable by praise. But surely once in a minute something generous dies for want of it. ↗

— John Masefield

#dies #generous #insufferable #made #man

I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky; and all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by. ↗

— John Masefield

#ask #down #go #her #i

Since the printing press came into being, poetry has ceased to be the delight of the whole community of man; it has become the amusement and delight of the few. ↗

— John Masefield

#become #being #came #ceased #community

The luck will alter and the star will rise. ↗

— John Masefield

#luck #rise #star #will

There are few earthly things more beautiful than a university a place where those who hate ignorance may strive to know, where those who perceive truth may strive to make others see. ↗

— John Masefield

#earthly #few #hate #ignorance #know