Theodore Roethke Quotes

Art is the means we have of undoing the damage of haste. It's what everything else isn't.

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Let others probe the mystery if they can Time harried prisoners of shall and will. The right thing happens to the happy man.

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All finite things reveal infinitude The mountain with its singular bright shade Like the blue shine on freshly frozen snow, The afterlight upon iceburdened pines Odor of basswood upon a mountain slope, A scene beloved of bees Silence of water above a sunken tree The pure serene of memory of one man, A ripple widening from a single stone Winding around the waters of the world.

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A lively understandable spirit Once entertained you. It will come again. Be still. Wait.

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I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow. I feel my fate in what I cannot fear. I learn by going where I have to go.

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I came where the river Ran over stones My ears knew An early joy. And all the waters Of all the streams Sang in my veins That summer day.

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Love is not love until love's vunerable.

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What's madness but nobility of soul at odds with circumstance

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The soul has many motions, body one.

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May my silences become more accurate.

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The indignity of it With everything blooming above me, Lilies, palepink cyclamen, roses, Whole fields lovely and inviolate, Me down in the fetor of weeds, Crawling on all fours, Alive, in a slippery grave.

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Time marks us while we are marking time.

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Love begets love. This torment is my joy.

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And everything comes to One, As we dance on, dance on, dance on.

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Long live the weeds that overwhelm My narrow vegetable realm The bitter rock, the barren soil That force the son of man to toil All things unholy, marred by curse, The ugly of the universe.

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I learn by going where I have to go.

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What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible.

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In a dark time, the eye begins to see.

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I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.I learn by going where I have to go.

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And what a congress of stinks- Roots ripe as old bait, Pulpy stems, rank, silo-rich, Leaf mold, manure, lime, piled against slippery planks, Nothing would give up life Even the dirt kept breathing a small breath.

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Love is not love until love's vulnerable.

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God bless the roots Body and soul are one.

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Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley.

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What is madness but nobility of soul. At odds with circumstance

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A mind too active is no mind at all.

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