Marianne Moore

Truly as the sun can rot or mend, love can make one bestial or make a beast a man. ↗

— Marianne Moore

#love

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage. ↗

— Marianne Moore

#impatience #independence #mark

Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others. ↗

— Marianne Moore

#almost #any #himself #honest #others

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads. ↗

— Marianne Moore

#art #creating #gardens #imaginary #real

Superior people never make long visits. ↗

— Marianne Moore

#make #never #people #superior #visits

A writer is unfair to himself when he is unable to be hard on himself. ↗

— Marianne Moore

#himself #unable #unfair #writer

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion of trust can make trust. ↗

— Marianne Moore

#make #makes #sickness #trust

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time. ↗

— Marianne Moore

#dust #everlasting #time

I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other category in which to put it. ↗

— Marianne Moore

#category #except #i #i see #no reason

The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in silence, but restraint. ↗

— Marianne Moore

#deepest #feeling #itself #restraint #shows