3 Randall Jarrell Quotes on Wisdom

Randall Jarrell quotes on wisdom

10. I see at last that all the knowledge I wrung from the darkness - that the darkness flung me - Is worthless as ignorance: nothing comes from nothing, The darkness from the darkness. Pain comes from the darkness And we call it wisdom. It is pain.

24. It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with you for the rest of your life.

35. An author frequently chooses solemn or overwhelming subjects to write about; he is so impressed at writing about Life and Death that he does not notice that he is saying nothing of the slightest importance about either.