“Them lady poets must not marry, pal.”
Source: The Dream Songs
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John Berryman 8
American poet 1914–1972Related quotes
“The gentle Lady married to the Moor,
And heavenly Una with her milk-white lamb.”
Personal Talk, Stanza 3.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“I do believe a young lady can't be too careful who she marries.”
Source: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. XXII : Traits of Friendship; Rachel to Helen
“If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad.”
Source: Northanger Abbey
“Poets speak of hope in ladies smiles, but give me a smirk any day, I say.”
Source: Paladin of Souls
“You are a lucky lady to be marrying a man who can fix things. Most husbands just break things.”
Source: Morality for Beautiful Girls
“All poets write bad poetry. Bad poets publish them, good poets burn them.”
“I just put on what the lady says. I've been married three times, so I've had lots of supervision.”
Interview in The New York Times (7 September 1962)