Quotes by : Theodore Roethke

(Dreams drain the spirit if we dream too long.)

I've recovered my tenderness by long looking;I'm a Socrates of small fury.The waves bends with the fish.....

It’s your privilege to find me incomprehensible. I gave you my minutes let them remain ours. I hope....

May my silences become more accurate.

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

Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light.

What grace I have is enough.

The MistakeHe left his pants upon a chair:She was a widow, so she said:But he was apprehended, bare,By....

What's freedom for? To know eternity.

Those who are willing to be vulnerable move among mysteries.