Quotes by : Marianne Moore

Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others.

As contagion of sickness makes sickness contagion of trust can make trust.

Superior people never make long visits.

Yule—Yul log for the Christmas-fire tale-spinner—of fairy tales that can come true: Yul Brynner.

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage.

The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence.

The passion for setting people right is in itself an afflictive disease.

Your thorns are the best part of you.

I'm troubled. I'm dissatisfied. I'm Irish.

If technique is of no interest to a writer, I doubt that the writer is an artist.