“I do not believe anyone can be perfectly well, who has a brain and a heart.”-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (born 27 February 1807)
Ellen Terry (born 27 February 1847)
W.H. Auden–one of the poets who first made me love poetry–was born on 21 February 1907.
W.H. Auden
“Poetry might be defined as the clear expression of mixed feelings.”-W.H. Auden (New Year Letter)
“Thank God for books as an alternative to conversation.”-W.H. Auden
Two charming robins stopped by the studio for an early afternoon visit. They lured me from my writing, and the cat from her nap. We were both grateful.
Two robins in a snowy tree
“Little Robin Redbreast/Came to visit me/This is what he whistled/Thank you for my tea.”
“The greatest enemy of clear language is insincerity.”-George Orwell
Arthur Miller died on 10 February 2005.
“The very impulse to write springs from an inner chaos crying for order–for meaning.”-Arthur Miller
Gertrude Stein Quote
Anne Brontë was born on 17 January 1820:
Pencil Drawing of Anne Brontë by her sister Charlotte, 1845
“My heart is too thoroughly dried to be broken in a hurry, and I mean to live as long as I can.”-Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Hortense Calisher Quote
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