I've given offense by saying I'd as soon write free verse as play tennis with the net down. Robert Frost More Quotes by Robert Frost More Quotes From Robert Frost I am a writer of books in retrospect. I talk in order to understand; I teach in order to learn. Robert Frost reflection order book One could do worse than be a swinger of birches. Robert Frost climbing-trees optimism nature Nature does not complete things. She is chaotic. Man must finish, and he does so by making a garden and building a wall. Robert Frost wall nature men You don't have to deserve your mother's love. You have to deserve your father's. Robert Frost fathers-day family mother One of the hardest things in life to accept is a called third strike. Robert Frost things-in-life accepting baseball It looked as if a night of dark intent was coming, and not only a night, an age. Someone had better be prepared for rage. Robert Frost age dark night Have courage and a little willingness to venture and be defeated. Robert Frost venture courage littles There are three things, after all, that a poem must reach: the eye, the ear, and what we may call the heart or the mind. It is the most important of all to reach the heart of the reader. Robert Frost motivation heart life And one of the three great things in the world is gossip, you know. First there's religion; and then there's science; and there's-and then there's friendly gossip. Those are the three-the three great things. Robert Frost gossip science religion Nearly everybody is looking for something brave to do. I don't know why people shouldn't write poetry. That's brave. Robert Frost writing inspirational people There is the fear that we shan't prove worthy in the eyes of someone who knows us at least as well as we know ourselves. That is the fear of God. And there is the fear of Man -fear that men won't understand us and we shall be cut of from them. Robert Frost cutting eye god The ear is the only true writer and the only true reader. Robert Frost icy ears writing The truly educated can listen to any view without losing their temper or self-confidence. Robert Frost self-confidence losing views I always entertain great hopes. Robert Frost business hope inspirational I heard someone say he [Carl Sandburg] was the kind of writer who had everything to gain and nothing to lose by being translated into another language. Robert Frost entertainment gains art It is absurd to think that the only way to tell if a poem is lasting is to wait and see if it lasts. The right reader of a good poem can tell the moment it strikes him that he has taken an immortal wound-that he will never get over it. Robert Frost taken reading writing Lord, I have loved Your sky, Robert Frost god sky love You know how cunningly mankind is planned: Robert Frost hate love hands I turned to speak to God About the world's despair But to make bad matters worse I found God wasn't there. Robert Frost despair atheism world Families break up when they get hints you don't intend and miss hints that you do. Robert Frost family breakup break-up
