“To put meaning in one's life may end in madness,But life without meaning is the tortureOf restlessness and vague desire--It is a boat longing for the sea and yet afraid.”Edgar Lee Masters book Spoon River AnthologySource: Spoon River Anthology
“What is this I hear of sorrow and weariness,Anger, discontent and drooping hopes?Degenerate sons and daughters,Life is too strong for you—It takes life to love Life.”Edgar Lee Masters
“I never started to plow in my lifeThat some one did not stop in the roadAnd take me away to a dance or picnic.I ended up with forty acres;I ended up with a broken fiddle —And a broken laugh, and a thousand memories,And not a single regret.”Edgar Lee Masters book Fiddler JonesFiddler Jones
“The earth keeps some vibration goingThere in your heart, and that is you.And if the people find you can fiddle,Why, fiddle you must, for all your life.”Edgar Lee Masters book Fiddler Jones"Fiddler Jones"