Saturday Quote of the Night

“All a poet can do is warn.”

- Wilfred Owen

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2 Responses to “Saturday Quote of the Night”

  1. Jamie Says:
    June 1st, 2008 at 10:18 am

    How interesting is this? When you think about it, poets do warn, even when the subject matter is light or happy. It makes me think of a line in a memoir I read recently, ‘Manic: A Memoir’ by Terry Cheney. She was talking about manic depression, but the quote worked for me by substituting ‘life’ for ‘the disease’. It’s acutely true for manic depressives, but anyone can appreciate the weight of it if they just give pause. Poets nod to it constantly.

    “The cruelest curse of life is also its most sacred promise: You will not feel this way forever.”

  2. William Haskins Says:
    June 1st, 2008 at 3:42 pm

    the quote elicits a weird sort of sympathy for owen in my heart. the man knew what he was talking about. he had lived it.

    he must have felt very much like a voice in the wilderness.

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