Quotations from Robert Frost, 1874-1963
- They would not find me changed from him they knew --
Only more sure of all I thought was true.
Into My Own [1913], st. 4- And nothing to look backward to with pride,
And nothing to look forward to with hope.
The Death of the Hired Man [1914]- Home is the place where, when you have to go there,
They have to take you in.
The Death of the Hired Man [1914]- The best way out is always through.
A Servant to Servants [1914]- Pressed into service means pressed out of shape.
The Self-Seeker [1914]- I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I --
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
The Road Not Taken [1916], st. 4- Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening [1923], st. 1- The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening [1923], st. 4- I have been one acquainted with the night.
Acquainted with the Night [1928]- Happiness Makes Up in Height for What It Lacks in Length.
Title of poem [1942]- Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee
And I'll forgive Thy great big one on me.
From In the Clearing [1962]- A poem...begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness.....It finds the thought and the thought finds the words.
Letter to Louis Untermeyer [January 1, 1916]- No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader.
The Figure a Poem Makes. Preface to Collected Poems [1939]- How many times it thundered before Franklin took the hint! How many apples fell on Newton's head before he took the hint! Nature is always hinting at us. It hints over and over again. And suddenly we take the hint.
Comment- Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.
Comment- Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.
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