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“Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.”

Don Marquis · Poetry

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Don Marquis

Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has likely learned how to have a little fun in spite of his troubles.

Age

Don Marquis

Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.

Age

Don Marquis

Fate often puts all the material for happiness and prosperity into a man's hands just to see how miserable he can make himself with them.

Happiness

Don Marquis

One of the most important things to remember about infant care is: don't change diapers in midstream.

Change