Marianne Moore

"Gratitude is not sentiment but truth."

"One constructs a life out of careful attention to detail."

"Observation alerts us to particulars we might otherwise miss."

"The world's an orphan's home."

"Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness."

"Fear and courage are not opposites."

"Temerity is excellence in disguise sometimes."

"I can entertain a feline and be companionable."

"Armor seems extra and strange on bodies that move with the grace of water."

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

"Experience is not what happens to you but what you do with what happens."

"Escape is not for the bird or the butterfly."

"A masterpiece of understatement."

"It is a privilege to see so much confusion."

"We must be literal minded."

"Knowledge is power, but enthusiasm pulls the switch."

"Form and function are one."

"Precision combined with inexactness is a thing."

"There is no confusion more confusing than the confusion of the simple."

"A place for everything and everything in its place reveals itself."

"The photograph is not quite a work of art."

"Effort is felt in the vitals."

"Compactness is good."

"I am troubled, I'm dissatisfied, I'm Irish."

"Each creature has a special role to play."

"Transplanting does not harm the sensitive plant."

"We all know that the mouse is the wisest of creatures."

"Complacency is a human affliction."

"Questions generate more light than answers."

"The lion is not a fiction to dismiss lightly."