Larkin

Famous quotes containing the word larkin:

    Only our hearts go beating towards the east.
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

    Another evening wasted! I begin
    Writing the envelope, and a bitter smoke
    Of self-contempt, of boredom too, ascends.
    What use is an endearment and a joke?
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

    Almanacked, their names live; they
    Have slipped their names, and stand at ease,
    Or gallop for what must be joy,
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1985)