The chief reason for going to school is to get the impression fixed for life that there is a book side for everything. Robert Frost on life
Take care to sell your horse before he dies. The art of life is passing losses on. Robert Frost on life
Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat. Robert Frost on life
The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom... in a clarification of life - not necessarily a great clarification, such as sects and cults are founded on, but in a momentary stay against confusion. Robert Frost on life
Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired. Robert Frost on love
You don't have to deserve your mother's love. You have to deserve your father's. Robert Frost on love
A poet never takes notes. You never take notes in a love affair. Robert Frost on love
Being the boss anywhere is lonely. Being a female boss in a world of mostly men is especially so. Robert Frost on men
Modern poets talk against business, poor things, but all of us write for money. Beginners are subjected to trial by market. Robert Frost on money
The brain is a wonderful organ it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office. Robert Frost on morning
I alone of English writers have consciously set myself to make music out of what I may call the sound of sense. Robert Frost on music
Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words. Robert Frost on poetry
A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness. Robert Frost on poetry
Poetry is what gets lost in translation. Robert Frost on poetry
Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat. Robert Frost on poetry
Poetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance. Robert Frost on poetry
Poetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance. Robert Frost on politics
The strongest and most effective force in guaranteeing the long-term maintenance of power is not violence in all the forms deployed by the dominant to control the dominated, but consent in all the forms in which the dominated acquiesce in their own domination. Robert Frost on power
I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power. Robert Frost on power
Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor. Robert Frost on society