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I believe that poems are a score for performance by the reader, and that you become the speaking voice. You don't read or overhear the voice in the poem - you are the voice in the poem.


Helen Vendler

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HELEN ROWLAND A bachelor never quite gets over the idea that he is a thing of beauty and a boy forever.
HELEN ROWLAND A bachelor has to have inspiration for making love to a woman, a married man needs only an excuse
HELEN ROWLAND Life begins at 40 - but so do fallen arches, rheumatism, faulty eyesight, and the tendency to tell a...
HELEN ROWLAND Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature, nor do the childr...
HELEN KELLER Fear sometimes stops you from doing stupid things. But it can also stop you from doing creative or e...
HELEN MIRREN One man's folly is another man's wife.
HELEN ROWLAND The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt wi...
HELEN KELLER One painful duty fulfilled makes the next plainer and easier.
HELEN KELLER Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.... Life is either a daring adventure...
HELEN KELLER The sudden ending of a White House career all seems so unceremonious for aides who have personally s...
HELEN THOMAS The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of ...
HELEN KELLER There exists no culture in which adultery is unknown, no cultural device or code that extinguishes p...
HELEN FISHER I still suffer terribly from stage fright. I get sick with fear. Not every night, but at the beginni...
HELEN MIRREN It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the sa...
HELEN KELLER Two phrases I hate in reference to female characters are 'strong' and 'feisty.' They...
HELEN MIRREN The first book I really loved was 'Little Women' - I'd have given anything for Beth to h...
HELEN OYEYEMI I am not too keen on my nose, I don't like my knees, I hate my ankles, I am unsure about my behi...
HELEN MIRREN