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It is fatal to decide, intelle...

It is fatal to decide, intellectually, what good poetry is because you are then in honour bound to try to write it, instead of the poems that only you can write.

Philip Larkin 148 quotes

Slowly light strengthens, and ...

Slowly light strengthens, and the room takes shape. It stands plain as a wardrobe, what we know, Have always known, know that we can't escape, Yet can't accept. One side will have to go. Meanwhile telephones crouch, getting ready to ring In locked-up offices, and all the uncaring Intricate rented world begins to rouse. The sky is white as clay, with no sun. Work has to be done. Postmen like doctors go from house to house.

Philip Larkin 148 quotes

How little our careers express...

How little our careers express what lies in us, and yet how much time they take up. It's sad, really.

Philip Larkin 148 quotes

I'm terrified of the thought o...

I'm terrified of the thought of time passing (or whatever is meant by that phrase) whether I 'do' anything or not. In a way I may believe, deep down, that doing nothing acts as a brake on 'time's - it doesn't of course. It merely adds the torment of having done nothing, when the time comes when it really doesn't matter if you've done anything or not.

Philip Larkin 148 quotes

I have a sense of melancholy i...

I have a sense of melancholy isolation, life rapidly vanishing, all the usual things. It's very strange how often strong feelings don't seem to carry any message of action

Philip Larkin 148 quotes

Originality is being different...

Originality is being different from oneself, not others.

Philip Larkin 148 quotes

I am always trying to 'preserv...

I am always trying to 'preserve' things by getting other people to read what I have written, and feel what I felt.

Philip Larkin 148 quotes

We should be careful / Of each...

We should be careful / Of each other, we should be kind / While there is still time.

Philip Larkin 148 quotes

SEX is designed for people who...

SEX is designed for people who like overcoming obstacles.

Philip Larkin 148 quotes

You can't put off being young ...

You can't put off being young until you retire.

Philip Larkin 148 quotes

My mother, who hates thunderst...

My mother, who hates thunderstorms,
Holds up each summer day and shakes
It out suspiciously, lest swarms
Of grape-dark clouds are lurking there....

Philip Larkin 148 quotes

I like spaghetti because you d...

I like spaghetti because you don't have to take your eyes off the book to pick about among it, it's all the same.

Philip Larkin 148 quotes

Here silence stands Like heat....

Here silence stands Like heat. Here leaves unnoticed thicken, Hidden weeds flower, neglected waters quicken, Luminously-peopled air ascends; And past the poppies bluish neutral distance Ends the land suddenly beyond a beach Of shapes and shingle. Here is unfenced existence: Facing the sun, untalkative, out of reach.

Philip Larkin 148 quotes

I have wished you something No...

I have wished you something None of the others would....

Philip Larkin 148 quotes

Since the majority of me Rejec...

Since the majority of me Rejects the majority of you, Debating ends forthwith, and we Divide.'' Philip Larkin

Philip Larkin 148 quotes

Most things may never happen: ...

Most things may never happen: this one will.

Philip Larkin 148 quotes

What are days for?
Days...

What are days for?
Days are where we live.

Philip Larkin 148 quotes

I didn't choose poetry: poetry...

I didn't choose poetry: poetry chose me.

Philip Larkin 148 quotes

All the unhurried day / Your m...

All the unhurried day / Your mind lay open like a drawer of knives,

Philip Larkin 148 quotes

A good meal can somewhat repai...

A good meal can somewhat repair / The eatings of slight love

Philip Larkin 148 quotes

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