Quotes from Theodore Roethke


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Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley.


Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light.


A lively understandable spirit Once entertained you. It will come again. Be still. Wait.


What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible.


Time marks us while we are marking time.


God bless the roots! Body and soul are one.


What is madness but nobility of soul at odds with circumstance.


Love is not love until love's vulnerable.


A mind too active is no mind at all.


I learn by going where I have to go.


Love begets love. This torment is my joy.


The soul has many motions, body one.


I came to love, I came into my own.