Theodore Roethke Quotes About Heart

Quotes about: Heart

• The self says, I am; The heart says, I am less; The spirit says, you are Nothing.

  Theodore Roethke

  Humility, Heart, Self

  Theodore Roethke (1975). “The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke”, Anchor Books

• I long for the imperishable quiet at the heart of form.

  Theodore Roethke

  Heart, Long, Quiet

  Theodore Roethke (2011). “The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke”, p.273, Anchor

• The poet: would rather eat a heart than a hambone.

  Theodore Roethke

  Heart, Poet

  Theodore Roethke, Carolyn Kizer (2013). “On Poetry and Craft: Selected Prose”, p.84, Copper Canyon Press

• A terrible violence of creation,A flash into the burning heart of the abominable;Yet if we wait, unafraid, beyond the fearful instant,The burning lake turns into a forest pool,The fire subsides into rings of water,A sunlit silence.

  Theodore Roethke

  Heart, Fire, Lakes

  Theodore Roethke (1975). “The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke”, Anchor Books

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