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Philip Larkin Quotes

Philip Larkin quotes about good

English Poet August 9, 1922 – December 2, 1985

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Much better stay in company! To love you must have someone else, Giving requires a legatee, Good neighbours need whole parishfuls. Of folk to do it on - in short, Our virtues are all social; if, Deprived of solitude, you chafe, It's clear you're not the virtuous sort. Philip Larkin
Philip Larkin quote: "In times when nothing stood / but worsened, or grew strange /..."
In times when nothing stood / but worsened, or grew strange / there was one constant good: / she did not change. Philip Larkin
Empty-page staring again tonight. It's maddening. I suppose people who don't write (like the Connollies) imagine anything that can be though can be expressed. Well, I don't know. I can't do it. It's this sort of thing that makes me belittle the whole business: what's the good of a 'talent' if you can't do it when you want to? What should we think of a woodcarver who couldn't woodcarver? or a pianist who couldn't play the piano? Bah, likewise grrr. Philip Larkin
Earth never grieves, I thought, walking across the park, watching seagulls cruising greedily above the ground looking for heaven knows what. Don't you think it's a good line? A very good line Philip Larkin
Philip Larkin quote: "There is bad in all good authors: what a pity the converse..."
There is bad in all good authors: what a pity the converse isn't true! Philip Larkin

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