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

Intelligence recognizes what has happened. Genius recognizes what will happen.

- 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…

- John Ciardi

Patience is the art of caring slowly.

- John Ciardi

A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in the students.

- John Ciardi

Let our love be like an arch- two weaknesses leaning together to form one strength.

- John Ciardi

There's nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation.

- John Ciardi

The classroom should be an entrance into the world, not an escape from it.

- John Ciardi