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William Carlos Williams Quotes about Giving

Poe gives the sense for the first time in America, that literature is serious, not a matter of courtesy but of truth.

Poe gives the sense for the first time in America, that literature is serious, not a matter of courtesy but of truth.

William Carlos Williams (1956). “In the American Grain”, p.216, New Directions Publishing

Liquor and love rescue the cloudy sense banish its despair give it a home.

William Carlos Williams, A. Walton Litz, Christopher MacGowan (1991). “The Collected Poems of William Carlos Williams: 1939-1962”, p.66, New Directions Publishing

It's a strange courage you give me ancient star: Shine alone in the sunrise toward which you lend no part!

William Carlos Williams, Edith Heal (1978). “I Wanted to Write a Poem: The Autobiography of the Works of a Poet”, p.23, New Directions Publishing