Philip Levine quotes - page 2

How weightless words are when nothing will do. (Philip Levine)
I'm saying look, here they come, pay attention. Let your eyes transform what appears ordinary, commonplace, into what it is, a moment in time, an observed fragment of eternity. View quote
Philip Levine
Some things you know all your life. They are so simple and true they must be said without elegance, meter and rhyme...they must be naked and alone, they must stand for themselves. View quote
Philip Levine