Babette Deutsch Quotes
Poetry is important. No less than science, it seeks a hold upon reality, and the closeness of its approach is the test of its success.
How to sustain the miracle Of being, that like a muted bell, Or like some ocean-breathing shell, Quivers, intense and still?
History Coming too close Is monstrous, like a doll That is alive and bigger than the child Who tries to hold it.
The poet, like the lover, is a person unable to reconcile what he knows with what he feels. His peculiarity is that he is under a certain compulsion to do so.
