Larkin

Famous quotes containing the word larkin:

“So. Let me accept the role, and call
Myself the circumstances’ tennis-ball:
We’ll bounce: together
Or not, whether
Either, let no tears silent fall.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

“I lie and wait for morning, and the birds,
The first steps going down the unswept street,
Voices of girls with scarves around their heads.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

“Closed like confessionals, they thread
Loud noons of cities, giving back
None of the glances they absorb.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)