Marianne Moore
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"Marianne Moore" was an American Modernism/Modernist poet and writer noted for her irony and wit.

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Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time.

The Irish say your trouble is their trouble and your joy their joy? I wish I could believe it; I am troubled, I'm dissatisfied, I'm Irish.

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage.

There never was a war that was not inward; I must fight till I have conquered in myself what causes war.

Poetry is all nouns and verbs.

If you will tell me why the fen appears impassable, I then will tell you why I think that I can cross it if I try.

Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others.

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.

Psychology which explains everything explains nothing, and we are still in doubt.