Quotes by : Philip Larkin

Man hands on misery to man. It deepens like a coastal shelf. Get out as early as you can, And don't have....

Most things may never happen: this one will.

I feel the only thing you can do about life is to preserve it, by art if you're an artist, by children....

The mower stalled, twice; kneeling, I foundA hedgehog jammed up against the blades,Killed. It had been....

Caught in the center of a soundless fieldWhile hot inexplicable hours go byWhat trap is this? Where were....

Maiden Name Marrying left your maiden name disused. Its five light sounds no longer mean your face, Your....

Poetry is nobody’s business except the poet’s, and everybody else can fuck off.

Sex means nothing--just the moment of ecstasy, that flares and dies in minutes.

Empty-page staring again tonight. It's maddening. I suppose people who don't write (like the Connollies)....

I have wished you something None of the others would....