Stephen SpenderThinkers

History is the ship carrying living memories to the future.

Poetry is distinguished from prose in that in prose you might say a thing seven different ways, but in poetry the words are not replaceable.

Prose is distinguished from poetry in that in prose you might say a thing seven different ways, in poetry the words are not replaceable.

W.H. Auden is a man with a face like a wedding cake left out in the rain.