April 2020 – catsignal

Quotable 357

Slowly, slowly, I accumulate sentences. I have no idea what I’m doing until suddenly it reveals itself, almost done.
– Sarah Manguso

rural highway
at sunset –
geese remain aloft

It is not enough to know your craft – you have to have feeling. Science is all very well, but for us imagination is worth far more.
– Edouard Manet

gust front
now we wait
for the storm

Dare to tell the smallest of stories if you want to generate large emotions.
– William Zinsser

white kitten
in my arms
playing vampire

Writing a book is like playing a chess game against your conscious, your subconscious, and your doubt all at the same time.
– Victoria Schwab

early autumn –
seeing my breath
as I chide a possum

To be a poet is a condition, not a profession.
– Robert Frost