Stephen Dunn Quotes
I’ve had it with all stingy-hearted sons of bitches. A heart is to be spent.
Stephen Dunn (2010). “What Goes On: Selected and New Poems 1995-2009”, p.67, W. W. Norton & Company
Isn't there a curious elegance in how one moment passes into another?
Stephen Dunn (1999). “Riffs and Reciprocities: Prose Pairs”, p.44, W. W. Norton & Company
Stephen Dunn (1990). “Between Angels”, p.164, W. W. Norton & Company
I’ll always deny that I kissed her. I was just whispering into her mouth.
Stephen Dunn (1998). “Loosestrife: Poems”, p.31, W. W. Norton & Company
There are always the simple events of your life that you might try to convert into legend.
Stephen Dunn (1995). “New and Selected Poems 1974-1994”, p.21, W. W. Norton & Company
Stephen Dunn (2010). “Different Hours: Poems”, p.87, W. W. Norton & Company
Stephen Dunn (1995). “New and Selected Poems 1974-1994”, p.230, W. W. Norton & Company
Stephen Dunn (2001). “Walking Light: Memoirs and Essays on Poetry”, p.86, BOA Editions, Ltd.
Oh abstractions are just abstract until they have an ache in them.
Stephen Dunn (1990). “Between Angels”, p.142, W. W. Norton & Company
Stephen Dunn (1999). “Riffs and Reciprocities: Prose Pairs”, p.100, W. W. Norton & Company
Stephen Dunn (1999). “Riffs and Reciprocities: Prose Pairs”, p.111, W. W. Norton & Company
Now and again I feel the astonishment of being alive like this, in this body.
Stephen Dunn (1995). “New and Selected Poems 1974-1994”, p.7, W. W. Norton & Company
I've tried to become someone else for a while, only to discover that he, too, was me.
Stephen Dunn (2013). “Here and Now: Poems”, p.86, W. W. Norton & Company
Originality, of course, is what occurs when something new arises out of what's already been done.
Stephen Dunn (2001). “Walking Light: Memoirs and Essays on Poetry”, p.2, BOA Editions, Ltd.