The reason is: rats leave the sinking ship but we... we... … - H.D.

" "
The reason is:
rats leave the sinking ship
but we...
we...
didn't leave,
so the ship
didn't sink,
and that's madness,
Lear's song
that's Touchstone's forest jest,
that's swan of Avon logic.

H.D.

Sources available for members. Sign up free to see where this quote comes from

English

Collect this quote

About H.D.

Hilda Doolittle (September 10, 1886, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States – September 27, 1961, Zürich, Switzerland), usually known only by her initials H.D., was an American poet, novelist and memoirist.

Also Known As

Alternative Names: Hilda Doolittle-Aldington • Hilda Doolittle • H. D. • Hilda “H.D.” Doolittle Aldington

All quotes from H.D. Similar Quotes by other Originators

Additional quotes by H.D.

Be indigestible, hard, ungiving.
so that, living within,
you beget, self-out-of-self,
selfless,
that pearl-of-great-price.

We don't have to know,
only to be:
let go the jumble of worn words,
reason and vanity.

For one moment seek
a lesser beauty
and a lesser grace,
but you will find
no peace in the end
save in her presence.

The reason is: rats leave the sinking ship but we... we... didn't leave, so the ship didn't sink, and that's madness, Lear's song that's Touchstone's… - H.D.

About H.D.

Also Known As

Try QuoteGPT

Additional quotes by H.D.

Go Premium