Amy Lowell

Quotes

• “A black cat among roses,phlox, lilac-misted under a quarter moon,the sweet smells of heliotrope and night-scented stock....”
• “For books are more than books, they are the lifeThe very heart and core of ages past,The reason why men lived and worked...”
• “I am tired, Beloved, of chafing my heart againstThe want of you;Of squeezing it into little inkdrops,And posting it.”
• “Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in.”
• “You are ice and fire The touch of you burns my hands like snow”