Don Marquis Quotes

If you want to get rich from writing, write the sort of thing that's read by persons who move their lips when they're reading to themselves.

When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?

Publishing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.

fire is beautiful
and we know that if we get
too close it will kill us
but what does that matter
it is better to be happy
for a moment
and be burned up with beauty
than to live a long time
and be bored all the while

If a child shows himself to be incorrigible, he should be decently and quietly beheaded at the age of twelve, lest he grow to maturity, marry, and perpetuate his kind.