John Holmes quotes

Yes, we love peace, but we are not willing to take wounds for it, as we are for war. (John Holmes)
Every genuine boy is a rebel and an anarch. If he were allowed to develop according to his own instincts, his own inclinations, society would undergo such a radical transformation as to make the adult revolutionary cower and cringe. View quote
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It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others. View quote
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To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend in the flow of language the sudden flash of poetry. View quote
John Holmes

John Holmes

Occupation: American Poet
Born: 1904
Died: June 22, 1962
Quotes count: 4