Philip Larkin Quotes

Philip Larkin Quotes: A Curated Collection of the Best Inspirational, Motivational, and Thought-Provoking Sayings Written by Philip Larkin

Philip Larkin
Total Quotes 112
Joy Is For The Simple Or The Great To Feel, Neither Of Which We Are.
Simple
Joy
Feels
The Difficult Part Of Love Is Being Selfish Enough.
Love
Selfish
Enough
But Superstition, Like Belief, Must Die.
Superstitions
Belief
Dies
I Never Think Of Poetry Or The Poetry Scene, Only Separate Poems Written By Individuals.
Thinking
Scene
Individual
Any Memory For The Most Part Depending On Chance.
Memories
Chance
Here No Elsewhere Underwrites My Existence.
Home
Existence
Elsewhere
And The Case Of Butterflies So Rich It Looks As If All Summer Settled There And Died.
Summer
Butterfly
Looks
A Good Meal Can Somewhat Repair / The Eatings Of Slight Love
Meals
Eating
Good Meals
It Becomes Still More Difficult To Find
words At Once True And Kind,
or Not Untrue And Not Unkind.
Kind
Difficult
Stills
I Have Started To Say "a Quarter Of A Century" Or "thirty Years Back" About My Own Life.
Years
Aging
Century
Get Stewed:books Are A Load Of Crap.
Book
Reading
Crap
Most People Know More As They Get Older: I Give All That The Cold Shoulder.
Wisdom
People
Giving
  • Born: August 9, 1922
  • Died: December 2, 1985
  • Occupation: Poet
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