Larkin

Famous quotes containing the word larkin:

“The daily things we do
For money or for fun
Can disappear like dew
Or harden and live on.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

“I think I noticed once
T’was morning one sole street-lamp still bright-lit,
Which, with a senile grin, like an old dunce,
Vied the blue sky, and tried to rival it....”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

“Home is so sad. It stays as it was left,
Shaped to the comfort of the last to go
As if to win them back.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)