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Hilda Doolittle Quotes about Knowledge

No one knows the colour of a flower till it is broken.

No one knows the colour of a flower till it is broken.

Hilda Doolittle, Louis L. Martz (1986). “Collected Poems 1912-1944”, p.381, New Directions Publishing

No one knows, the heart of a child, how it grows until it is too late.

Hilda Doolittle, Louis L. Martz (1986). “Collected Poems 1912-1944”, p.381, New Directions Publishing

The things I have are nameless, old and true; they may not be named; few may live and know.

Hilda Doolittle, Louis L. Martz (1986). “Collected Poems 1912-1944”, p.232, New Directions Publishing