Quotes by : Theodore Roethke

The GeraniumWhen I put her out, once, by the garbage pail,She looked so limp and bedraggled,So foolish....

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

In a dark time, the eye begins to see.

Self-contemplation is a curseThat makes an old confusion worse.

What is madness but nobility of the soul at odds with circumstance.

Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley.

I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.

I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow. I feel my fate in what I cannot fear. I learn by going where....

I learn by going where I have to go.

Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light.