He thinks that Schiller and St Paul were just two Partisan Review editors.
– Randall Jarrell
It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with you for the rest of your life.
– Randall Jarrell
The Southern past, the Southern present, the Southern future became one of red clay pine barrens, of chain-gang camps, of housewives dressed in flour sacks who stare all day dully down into dirty sinks.
– Randall Jarrell
But be, as you have been, my happiness...
– Randall Jarrell
I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one in which nine-tenths of our intellectuals can't read any poetry.
– Randall Jarrell
One of the most obvious facts about grownups to a child is that they have forgotten what it is like to be a child.
– Randall Jarrell
The people who live in a golden age usually go around complaining how yellow everything looks.