Donald Justice quotes

“Men at forty Learn to close softly The doors to rooms they will not be Coming back to.”
-- Donald Justice

Source : "Men at Forty" l. 1 (1967)

#Men Quotes #Doors Quotes #Age Quotes

“Nostalgias were peeled from it long ago.”
-- Donald Justice

Source : Donald Justice (2009). “Collected Poems”, p.160, Knopf

#Long Quotes #Nostalgia Quotes

“There is no way to ease the burden. The voyage leads on from harm to harm, A land of others and of silence.”
-- Donald Justice

Source : Donald Justice (2009). “New And Selected Poems”, p.38, Knopf

#Journey Quotes #Land Quotes #Silence Quotes

“How shall I speak of Doom, and ours in special, But as of something altogether common?”
-- Donald Justice

Source : Donald Justice (2009). “Collected Poems”, p.25, Knopf

#Fate Quotes #Special Quotes #Common Quotes

“The artist will have had his revenge for being made to wait, A revenge not only necessary but right and clever-- Simply to leave him out of the scene forever.”
-- Donald Justice

Source : Donald Justice (2009). “New And Selected Poems”, p.71, Knopf

#Art Quotes #Revenge Quotes #Waiting Quotes

“Soon the purple dark must bruise Lily and bleeding-heart and rose, And the little Cupid lose Eyes and ears and chin and nose”
-- Donald Justice

Source : Donald Justice (2009). “Collected Poems”, p.40, Knopf

#Eye Quotes #Dark Quotes #Rose Quotes

“I cannot understand how any man or woman can believe in the Lord's coming and not be a missionary, or at least committed to the work of missions with every power of his being.”

Source : A. B. Simpson (1987). “Missionary Messages: For a Church that Needs to Hear”, p.23, Moody Publishers

“Ambition often puts Men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping.”

“Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose, But young men think it is, and we were young.”

Source : More Poems (1936) no. 36

“Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think.”

“The joy of all mysteries is the certainty which comes from their contemplation, that there are many doors yet for the soul to open on her upward and inward way.”

“Making money is not gonna change anything about what I am, except I won't answer the door.”

Source : "Abel Ferrara: 'I made Scarface look like Mary Poppins'" by Andrew Purcell, www.theguardian.com. August 5, 2010.

“You know Nana, I searched and searched, but could never find the key that unlocked the way. And now that I've stopped looking, I've finally found it. Maybe the door will open for me.”

“Every ransomed man owes his salvation to the fact that during his days of sinning, God kept the door of mercy open.”

“God is not looking for extraordinary characters as His instruments, but He is looking for humble instruments through whom He can be honored throughout the ages.”

“I do not believe that there are any such things as gods and goddesses, for exactly the same reasons as I do not believe there are fairies, goblins or sprites, and these reasons should be obvious to anyone over the age of ten.”