God must have loved the People in Power, for he made them so very like their own image of him.

- Kenneth Patchen

Dogs with broken legs are shot; men with broken souls write through the night.

- Kenneth Patchen

Gentle and giving-all the rest is treason.

- Kenneth Patchen

There are so many little dyings How do we know which one of them is death?

- Kenneth Patchen

Art is not to throw light but to be light.

- Kenneth Patchen

Destiny is the music of the improbable. Were it otherwise, almost anyone could exist.

- Kenneth Patchen

Caring is the only daring.

- Kenneth Patchen

Greatness and Truth can never be in danger from these murdering wretches. To perform one's duty, be it now, be it clean, and be it done with humility…

- Kenneth Patchen

In the love of a man and a woman is the look of God looking.

- Kenneth Patchen