it is better to be a part of beauty
for one instant and then cease to
exist than to exist forever
and never be a part of beauty

Don Marquis


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Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday

Don Marquis

Tag: procrastination human-behavior



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Life is one damned kitten after another." Mehitabel the Alley Cat

Don Marquis


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I never think at all when I write
nobody can do two things at the same time
and do them both well

Don Marquis


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fire is beautiful
and we know that if we get
too close it will kill us
but what does that matter
it is better to be happy
for a moment
and be burned up with beauty
than to live a long time
and be bored all the while

Don Marquis

Tag: life beauty



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my youth i shall never forget
but there s nothing i really regret
wotthehell wotthehell
there s a dance in the old dame yet
toujours gai toujours gai

Don Marquis


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Publishing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.

Don Marquis

Tag: poetry book grand-canyon rose don-marquis petal



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An optimist is a man who has never had much experience.

Don Marquis

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If a child shows himself to be incorrigible, he should be decently and quietly beheaded at the age of twelve, lest he grow to maturity, marry, and perpetuate his kind.

Don Marquis

Tag: children humorous incorrigible



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i look back on my life
and it seems to me to be
just one damned kitten
after another

Don Marquis


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