Marianne Moore

"The outcome cannot at this time be determined by prediction."

"Propriety will not permit such a statement."

"One's own company is the best company."

"The mind is an enchanting thing."

"Humility is an excellent virtue."

"Restraint is the only thing that saves."

"One detects that effort which goes into complete mastery."

"Style is not something applied. It is not a surface."

"Feeling and reason must work together to create meaning."

"The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence."

"One must make internal adjustments."

"Precision is both a grace and a necessity."

"We must be as clear as our natural reticence allows."

"Modesty and accuracy often go together."

"To afford privacy for all human secrets is forest-like."

"There is such a thing as making a mountain out of a cloud."

"Ecstasy affords the occasion and expediency determines the form."

"Each writer must discover what sustains his own pen."

"The passion for setting people right is in itself an afflictive disease."

"Competition is an incentive to behave honorably."

"Inaccuracy is very prevalent but should be avoided."

"One should as a rule respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to obtain the comforts of life."

"Integrity is a hard thing to come by."

"I too dislike writing about poetry."

"Imaginary gardens with real toads in them."

"Poetry is a form of compression."

"I wonder what Adam and Eve think of it by this time."

"The cure for loneliness is solitude."

"Affection is not enough."

"Fanaticism and friendship are akin."