Robert Bly quotes - page 2

A person who discreetly farts in an elevator is not a divine being, and a man needs to know this. (Robert Bly)
People tend to take stories literally these days. View quote
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The dead made this world. We didn't make it. They made the poetry and the songs and the customs. View quote
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What you feel in Japanese poetry is always entirely longing. View quote
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Those of us who make up poems have agreed not to say what the pain is. View quote
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My life failed on the very day I was born. View quote
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The ancestors are very much invested in the children, because the children are the ones who are going to continue the world that the ancestors made. View quote
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You say to yourself, Well, this poem isn't going to be any good, but I'll write it anyway. View quote
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I knew this friendship with myself couldn't last forever. View quote
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Sociological prose is generally written without images in an exact form for an academic audience. View quote
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Sociological prose can tell you everything, but it can't point out the grief. (Robert Bly)
I wanted to spend all my time writing poetry. But when I had children I couldn't do that anymore. View quote
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Robert Bly

Robert Bly - Image
Photo: Nic McPhee, CC BY-SA 2.0
Occupation: American Poet
Born: December 23, 1926
Died: November 21, 2021
Quotes count: 37

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