Poetry Quote by Philip Larkin — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Sexual intercourse began in nineteen sixty-three (Which was rather late for me) between the end of the Chatterley ban and the Beatles' first LP.”

“What do they think has happened, the old fools,”

“Saki says that youth is like hors d'oeuvres: you are so busy thinking of the next courses you don't notice it. When you've had them, you wish you'd had more hors d'oeuvres.”

“So many things I had thought forgotten”

“Everyone should be forcibly transplanted to another continent from their family at the age of three.”

“Rather than words comes the thought of high windows:”

“I have started to see poetry in the strangest of things: from the roughest nub of nutmeg to the pale parsnip seamed with soil. And this has made me wonder if I can write a cookery book that includes the truth and beauty of poetry. Why should the culinary arts not include poetry? Why should a recipe book not be a thing of beauty?”

“Hair tangled with the wind”

“The prettiest girls shine brightest in the dark.”

“You deserve to be the person you were meant to be.”

“I want you to tell me about every person you’ve ever been in love with.”

“The poem is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful.”