Marianne Moore Quotes

It is human nature to stand in the middle of a thing.

Marianne Moore

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage.

Marianne Moore

Superior people never make long visits.

Marianne Moore

The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in silence, but restraint

Marianne Moore

In a poem the excitement has to maintain itself. I am governed by the pull of the sentence as the pull of a fabric is governed by gravity.

Marianne Moore

My father used to say superior people never make long visits.

Marianne Moore

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage

Marianne Moore

We are suffering from too much sarcasm.

Marianne Moore