Larkin

Famous quotes containing the word larkin:

    “A decent chap, a real good sort,
    Straight as a die, one of the best,
    A brick, a trump, a proper sport,
    Head and shoulders above the rest;
    How many lives would have been duller
    Had he not been here below?
    Here’s to the whitest man I know
    Though white is not my favourite colour.”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

    “How high they build hospitals!
    Lighted cliffs, against dawns
    Of days people will die on.”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

    “Lit shelved liners
    Grope like mad worlds westward.”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)