Vendler Poems Quotes & Sayings

I was unnerved to learn in my twenties that the poems of Emily Dickinson that I had memorized as a girl were not the poems as she had written them. — Helen Vendler

22 But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not. — Anonymous

All makeovers should be about enhancing who you are. — Bethany Mota

Religion triggers a lot of emotions in me, most of which stem from being raised Jewish in a very Baptist community in the South. I didn't believe any of it from an early age - the clubby quality of whatever religion or church you belonged to, Judaism included. It just struck me as foolish. — David Cross

Everything I wrote about wasn't about me, but about the people listening. — Chuck Berry

That the women of the Old Testament were dressed with oriental richness there is no doubt, nor are they censured for so arraying themselves. — Charlotte Mary Yonge

I never was a very good singer. — Jackson Browne

I believe that poems are a score for performance by the reader, and that you become the speaking voice. You don't read or overhear the voice in the poem - you are the voice in the poem. — Helen Vendler

Life isn't about what you take, it's about what you make! — Bryant McGill

Maxon lowered his lips to mine and gave me the faintest whisper of a kiss.
Something about the tentativeness of it made me feel beautiful. Without a word, I could understand how excited he was to have this moment, but then afraid at the same time. And deeper than any of that, I sensed that he adored me.
So this is what it felt like to be a lady. — Kiera Cass