Poetry Quote by Mary Howitt — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Let Him easter in us, be a dayspring to the dimness of us, be a crimson-cresseted east.”

“You broke me”

“Green in nature is one thing, green in literature another. Nature and letters seem to have a natural antipathy; bring them together and they tear each other to pieces.”

“She thought men were saviors...”

“Maybe you're one of those people who writes poems, but rarely reads them. Let me put this as delicately as I can: If you don't read, your writing is going to suck.”

“If what we need to dream, to move our spirits most deeply and directly toward and through promise, is discounted as a luxury, then we give up the core -- the fountain -- of our power, our womanness; we give up the future of our worlds. (From "Poetry is Not a Luxury")”