John Frederick Nims Professions : Poet Born : November 20, 1913 Died : January 13, 1999 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by John Frederick Nims Only John Frederick Nims love people moving We still like to make up stories, just as our ancestors did, which use personification to explain the great forces of our existence. Such stories, which explain how the world began or where the sun goes when it sets, we call myths. Mythology is a natural product of the symbolizing mind; poets, when not making up myths of their own, are still commanding ancient ones. John Frederick Nims stories mind sun For should your hands drop white and empty John Frederick Nims white hands world Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poet All Authors