James Merrill Inspirational Quotes (5)

But those two plays left me on fresh terms with language. I didn't always have to speak in my own voice.

The day is breaking someone else's heart.

The simplest science book is over my head.

In life, there are no perfect affections.

Arthur Young's Reflexive Universe - fascinating but too schematic to fit into my scheme. The most I could hope for was a sense of the vocabulary and some possible images.