Quotes by : Theodore Roethke

What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible.

Deep in their roots all flowers keep the light.

I learned not to fear infinity,The far field, the windy cliffs of forever,The dying of time in the white....

I learn by going where I have to go

Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light.

I trust all joy

Dark, dark my light, and darker my desire.My soul, like some heat-maddened summer fly,Keeps buzzing at....

What's freedom for? To know eternity.

When true love broke my heart in half,I took the whiskey from the shelf,And told my neighbors when to....

Those who are willing to be vulnerable move among mysteries.