We prove, we do not explain, our birth. Marianne Moore More Quotes by Marianne Moore More Quotes From Marianne Moore So wary as to disappear for centuries and reappear but never caught, the unicorn has been preserved by an unmatched device wrought like the work of expert blacksmiths. Marianne Moore unicorndisappearexperts that which is impossible to force, it is impossible to hinder. Marianne Moore hinderforceimpossible You are not male nor female, but a plan deep-set within the heart of man. Marianne Moore malesheartmen It is human nature to stand in the middle of a thing. Marianne Moore middleindecisionhuman-nature The self does not realize itself most fully when self-realization is its most constant aim. Marianne Moore realizationselfdoe If you will tell me why the fen appears impassable, I then will tell you why I think that I can cross it if I try. Marianne Moore crossestryingthinking There never was a war that was not inward. Marianne Moore peace-justiceinwardwar Poetry, that is to say the poetic, is a primal necessity. Marianne Moore primalpoetic Does it follow that because there are poisonous toadstools Marianne Moore mushroomspoisondoe The prey of fear, he, always curtailed, extinguished, thwarted by the dusk, work partly done, says to the alternating blaze, "Again the sun! anew each day; and new and new and new, that comes into and steadies my soul." Marianne Moore donesoulfear Not till the poets among us can be "literalists of the imagination"-above insolence and triviality and can present for inspection, "imaginary gardens with real toads in them." shall we have it. Marianne Moore gardenrealimagination There is a great amount of poetry in unconscious fastidiousness. Marianne Moore amountunconsciouspoetry The deft white-stockinged dance in thick-soled Marianne Moore shoesdancingwhite We are what we were at birth, and each trait has remained in conformity with earth's and with heaven's logic: Be the devil's tool, resort to black magic, None can diverge from the ends which Heaven foreordained. Marianne Moore magicblackheaven the small tuft of fronds or katydid legs above each eye, still Marianne Moore groupseyemouths A man is a writer if all his words are strung in definite sentence sounds. Marianne Moore soundwritingmen Writing is an undertaking for the modest. Marianne Moore undertakingsmodestwriting I wonder what Adam and Eve think of it by this time. Marianne Moore wondertimethinking O to be a dragon, a symbol of the power of Heaven-of silk-worm size or immense; at times invisible. Felicitous phenomenon! Marianne Moore dragonspowerheaven Men are monopolists of "stars, garters, buttons and other shining baubles"- unfit to be the guardians of another person's happiness. Marianne Moore marriagestarsmen
