Robert Penn Warren Quotes:
Ocupation: Poet
Life: April 24, 1905 - September 15, 1989
Birthday: April 24
Death: September 15
A look at the past reminds us of how great is the distance, and how short, over which we have come. The past makes us ask what we have done with us. It makes us ask whether our very achievements are not ironical counterpoint and contrast to our fundamental failures.
topic: Distance, Past, History
