Marianne Moore
» Critics and Criticism » “We are suffering from too much sarcasm.”
» Editing and Editors » “A writer is unfair to himself when he is unable to be hard on himself.”
» Egotism » “Egotism is usually subversive of sagacity.”
» Guests » “Superior people never make long visits.”
» Indecision » “It is human nature to stand in the middle of a thing.”
» Judgment and Judges » “When one cannot appraise out of one’s own experience, the temptation to blunder is minimized, but even when one can, appraisal seems chiefly useful as appraisal of the appraiser.”
» Language » “Poetry is all nouns and verbs.”
» Peace » “War is pillage versus resistance and if illusions of magnitude could be transmuted into ideals of magnanimity, peace might be realized.”
» Superiority » “My father used to say superior people never make long visits.”
» Trust » “As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion of trust can make trust.”
