Quotes by Larkin, Philip

Why should I let the toad work Squat on my life? Can't I use my wit as >>

Man hands on misery to man. It deepens like a coastal shelf. Get out a >>

Perhaps being old is having lighted rooms inside your head, and people >>

Quotations about Children

One can love a child, perhaps, more deeply than one can love another a >>

The child with his sweet pranks, the fool of his senses, commanded by >>

Children also have artistic ability, and there is wisdom in there havi >>

Above all, though, children are linked to adults by the simple fact that they are in process of turning into them. For this they may be forgiven much. Children are bound to be inferior to adults, or there is no incentive to grow up.

Larkin, Philip