Anne Hebert quotes

“I believe in solitude broken like bread by poetry.”
-- Anne Hebert

Source : Anne Hébert, Alan Brown (1975). “Poems”, Don Mills, Ont. : Musson Book Company

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“Poetry cannot be explained, it must be lived.”
-- Anne Hebert

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“Poetry colors beings, objects, landscapes and sensations with a kind of new and particular light, which is in fact that of the poet's emotions.”
-- Anne Hebert

Source : Anne Hébert, Alan Brown (1975). “Poems”, Don Mills, Ont. : Musson Book Company

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“I used to believe in forever, but forever's too good to be true”

“The Christian that is bound by his own horizon, the church that lives simply for itself, is bound to die a spiritual death and sink into stagnancy and corruption. We never can thank God enough for giving us not only a whole Gospel to believe, but a whole world to give it to.”

“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

“No matter how strong a condom is, it won't protect you from a broken heart.”

Source : A. C. Green (1994). “Victory”, Creation House

“Don't Let Him Know is a rich, evocative and brilliantly told tale of family, of loyalties, and of love that must stay secret. Sandip Roy has broken new ground in this tale of the modern Indian family. A lovely read”

“Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out . . .. Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure.”

“Poetry is unfallen speech. Paradise knew no other, for no other would suffice to answer the need of those ecstatic days of innocence.”

Source : Abraham Coles (1885). “The Life and Teachings of Our Lord in Verse: Being a Complete Harmonized Exposition of the Four Gospels, with Original Notes Textual Index, Etc. Two Volumes in One, Vol. 1 -- The Evangel (second Edition), Vol. 2 -- The Light of the World”

“Poets are born, not paid.”

Source : Oliver Herford, Ethel Watts Mumford Grant, Addison Mizner (1908). “The Cynic's Calendar of Revised Wisdom”

“Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people.”

Source : Poems (1964) p. 8

“Much contemporary verse reads like failed short-short stories rather than failed poetry.”

Source : Alice Fulton (1999). “Feeling as a Foreign Language: The Good Strangeness of Poetry”