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American author and journalist 1899–1961Related quotes
The Figure a Poem Makes (1939)
Variant: The ear is the only true writer and the only true reader.
Source: Collected Poems of Robert Frost
“Let us, rather, like the Greek writers, tear the tragedy to shreds.”
in Newman's essay of 1945, as quoted in: Abstract Expressionism, Davind Anfam, Thames and Hudson Ltd., London 1990, p. 20
1940 - 1950
“Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength.”
“The tears that heal are also the tears that scald and scourge.”
Source: The Shining
As Katie Taylor triumphed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. irishtimes.com http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/0811/1224321996178.html
Olympic Games
“Shed no tear! O shed no tear!
The flower will bloom another year.”
"Faery Songs", I (1818)
Context: Shed no tear! O shed no tear!
The flower will bloom another year.
Weep no more! O weep no more!
Young buds sleep in the root's white core.
