At the next vacancy for God, if I am elected, I shall forgive last the delicately wounded who, having been slugged no harder than anyone else, never got up again, neither to fight back, nor to finger their jaws in painful admiration.
Men marry what they need. I marry you. - John Ciardi
Men marry what they need. I marry you.
- John Ciardi
If a man means his writing seriously, he must mean to write well. But how can he write well until he learns to see what he has written badly. His pro… - John Ciardi
If a man means his writing seriously, he must mean to write well. But how can he write well until he learns to see what he has written badly. His pro…
Intelligence recognizes what has happened. Genius recognizes what will happen. - John Ciardi
Intelligence recognizes what has happened. Genius recognizes what will happen.
A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed toward the hope of gree… - John Ciardi
A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed toward the hope of gree…
Patience is the art of caring slowly. - John Ciardi
Patience is the art of caring slowly.
A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in the students. - John Ciardi
A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in the students.
Let our love be like an arch- two weaknesses leaning together to form one strength. - John Ciardi
Let our love be like an arch- two weaknesses leaning together to form one strength.
There's nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation. - John Ciardi
There's nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation.
The classroom should be an entrance into the world, not an escape from it. - John Ciardi
The classroom should be an entrance into the world, not an escape from it.
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