Top 7 Quotes by Mona Van Duyn

The world's perverse, but it could be worse.

World

Mona Van Duyn (2008). “Selected Poems”, p.215, Knopf

One could not live without delicacy, but when / I think of love I think of the big, clumsy-looking / hands of my grandmother, each knuckle a knob.

Grandmother, Thinking, Hands

Mona Van Duyn (1990). “Near changes: poems”, Alfred a Knopf Inc

There is no disorder but the heart's.

Heart, Disorder

Mona Van Duyn (2008). “Selected Poems”, p.57, Knopf

I bless / all knowledge of love, all ways of publishing it.

Way, Bless, Publishing

Mona Van Duyn (2008). “Selected Poems”, p.103, Knopf

Love' is finding the familiar dear. / 'In love' is to be taken by surprise.

Taken, Love Is, Surprise

Mona Van Duyn (2008). “Selected Poems”, p.189, Knopf

The end / of passion / may refashion / a friend.

Heartbreak, Passion, May

Mona Van Duyn (1993). “Firefall: poems”, Alfred A. Knopf

In politics, arts / no issue's dramatic / nor will 'play' till its heart's / simplified to fanatic.

Art, Play, Issues

Mona Van Duyn Quotes