Quotes by Ciardi, John

There is nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation. >>

A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest >>

Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, wi >>

Quotations about Suffering

If you suffer, thank God! It is a sure sign that you are alive. >>

You are outside life, you are above life, you have miseries which the >>

A cold in the head causes less suffering than an idea. >>

You do not have to suffer to be a poet. Adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.

Ciardi, John