W. S. Merwin Quotes:
Ocupation: Poet
Life: b. September 30, 1927
Birthday: September 30
I'm very pessimistic about the future of the human species. We have been so indifferent to life on the whole that it will take its toll. It's not just the polar bears that are having a hard time; what we're doing is gradually impoverishing and poisoning the whole of the rest of life.
source: "An Interview with W. S. Merwin, Poet Laureate". Interview with Ed Rampell, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. October 25, 2010. 
topic: Hard Times, Rest Of Life, Tolls, Polar Bears, Having A Hard Time, Human Species
