Leaves Of Grass Quotes - Page 3

• Strong and content I travel the open road.

  Walt Whitman

  Travel, Strong, Open Road

  1856 Leaves of Grass, 'Song of the Open Road', section 1.

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• I swear to you, there are divine things more beautiful than words can tell

  Walt Whitman

  Beautiful, Spiritual, Divine

  Walt Whitman, Sculley Bradley, Harold W. Blodgett (2008). “Leaves of Grass: A Textual Variorum of the Printed Poems, 1855-1856”, p.232, NYU Press

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• I am satisfied ... I see, dance, laugh, sing.

  Walt Whitman

  Laughing, Satisfied

  Walt Whitman, Gary David Comstock (2004). “Whitman: The Mystic Poets”, p.36, SkyLight Paths Publishing

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• Wisdom is not finally tested by the schools, Wisdom cannot be pass'd from one having it to another not having it, Wisdom is of the soul, is not susceptible of proof, is its own proof.

  Walt Whitman

  Wisdom, School, Soul

  Walt Whitman (2012). “Selected Poems”, p.33, Courier Corporation

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• Seeing, hearing, feeling, are miracles, and each part and tag of me is a miracle.

  Walt Whitman

  Miracle, Feelings, Aroma

  Walt Whitman, Sculley Bradley, Harold W. Blodgett (2008). “Leaves of Grass: A Textual Variorum of the Printed Poems, 1855-1856”, p.33, NYU Press

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• I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.

  Walt Whitman

  Inspirational, Self Esteem, Self Respect

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• The English tourist in American literature wants above all things something different from what he has at home. For this reason the one American writer whom the English whole-heartedly admire is Walt Whitman. There, you will hear them say, is the real American undisguised. In the whole of English literature there is no figure which resembles his - among all our poetry none in the least comparable to Leaves of Grass

  Virginia Woolf

  Real, Home, Literature

  Virginia Woolf (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated)”, p.3129, Delphi Classics

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• If you want me again look for me under your boot soles.

  Walt Whitman

  Death, Dying, Looks

  Walt Whitman, Sculley Bradley, Harold W. Blodgett (2008). “Leaves of Grass: A Textual Variorum of the Printed Poems, 1855-1856”, p.83, NYU Press

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• When I was young I once found a book in a Dutch translation, 'The leaves of Grass'. It was the first time a book touched me by its feeling of freedom and open spaces, the way the poet spoke of the ocean by describing a drop of water in his hand. Walt Whitman was offering the world an open hand (now we call it democracy) and my 'Monument for Walt Whitman' became this open hand with mirrors, so you can see inside yourself.

  Karel Appel

  Ocean, Book, Space

  "Karel Appel - the complete sculptures". Book edited by Harry de Visser and Roland Hagenberg, Edition Lafayette, New York, p. 93, 'Quotes', 1990.

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• I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.

  Walt Whitman

  Nature, Stars, Believe

  'Song of Myself' (1855) st. 31

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• I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journeywork of the stars, And the pismire is equally perfect, and a grain of sand, and the egg of the wren, And the tree toad is a chef-d'oeurve for the highest, And the running blackberry would adorn the parlors of heaven, And the narrowest hinge in my hand puts to scorn all machinery, And the cow crunching with depress'd head surpasses any statue, And a mouse is miracle enough to stagger sextillions of infidels!

  Walt Whitman

  Running, Depressing, Stars

  Walt Whitman, “Song Of Myself, XXXI”

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• What do you think has become of the young and old men? And what do you think has become of the women and children? They are alive and well somewhere, The smallest sprout shows there is really no death, And if ever there was it led forward life, and does not wait at the end to arrest it, And ceas'd the moment life appear'd. All goes onward and outward, nothing collapses, And to die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier.

  Walt Whitman

  Death, Children, Men

  1855 Leaves of Grass, 'Song of Myself', section 6.

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• I can almost imagine a happiness without her, the ability to let her go, to feel our roots are connected even if I never see that leaf of grass again.'

  John Green

  Roots, Imagine, Leafs

  John Green (2013). “Paper Towns”, p.274, A&C Black

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• I wear my hat as I please, indoors or out.

  Walt Whitman

  Hats, Please

  Walt Whitman, Sculley Bradley, Harold W. Blodgett (2008). “Leaves of Grass: A Textual Variorum of the Printed Poems, 1855-1856”, p.25, NYU Press

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• I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable.

  Walt Whitman

  Tamed, Bits

  "Song of Myself " l. 1332 (written 1855)

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• There was a child went forth every day, And the first object he looked upon, that object he became.

  Walt Whitman

  Children, Firsts, Objects

  Walt Whitman (2011). “Leaves of Grass, 1860: The 150th Anniversary Facsimile Edition”, p.221, University of Iowa Press

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• Unscrew the locks from the doors ! Unscrew the doors themselves from their jambs !

  Walt Whitman

  Doors, Locks

  Walt Whitman (2015). “Leaves of Grass: Top Classic Poetry”, p.76, 谷月社

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• Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune.

  Walt Whitman

  Karma, Attitude, Positive Thinking

  Walt Whitman, Sculley Bradley, Harold W. Blodgett (2008). “Leaves of Grass: A Textual Variorum of the Printed Poems, 1855-1856”, p.226, NYU Press

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  Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour.

  Walt Whitman

  Happiness, Nature, Carpe Diem

  Walt Whitman, Sculley Bradley, Harold W. Blodgett (2008). “Leaves of Grass: A Textual Variorum of the Printed Poems, 1855-1856”, p.97, NYU Press

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• I think I could turn and live with the animals, they are so placid and self contained; I stand and look at them long and long. They do not sweat and whine about their condition; They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins; They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God; Not one is dissatisfied-not one is demented with the mania of owning things; Not one kneels to another, nor his kind that lived thousands of years ago; Not one is responsible or industrious over the whole earth.

  Walt Whitman

  Lying, Dark, Animal

  "Song of Myself " l. 684 (written 1855)

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• I exist as I am, that is enough, If no other in the world be aware I sit content, And if each and all be aware I sit content. One world is aware, and by the far the largest to me, and that is myself, And whether I come to my own today or in ten thousand or ten million years, I can cheerfully take it now, or with equal cheerfulness, I can wait.

  Walt Whitman

  Years, Waiting, World

  Walt Whitman (2013). “Walt Whitman: Selected Poems 1855-1892”, p.31, St. Martin's Press

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• Failing to fetch me at first, keep encouraged. Missing me one place, search another. I stop somewhere waiting for you.

  Walt Whitman

  Grieving, Waiting, Missing

  Walt Whitman, Sculley Bradley, Harold W. Blodgett (2008). “Leaves of Grass: A Textual Variorum of the Printed Poems, 1855-1856”, p.83, NYU Press

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• Long enough have you dream'd contemptible dreams, Now I wash the gum from your eyes, You must habit yourself to the dazzle of the light and of every moment of your life

  Walt Whitman

  Dream, Eye, Light

  Walt Whitman, Ezra Greenspan (2005). “Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself": A Sourcebook and Critical Edition”, p.190, Psychology Press

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• The beautiful uncut hair of graves.

  Walt Whitman

  Beautiful, Hair, Graves

  'Song of Myself' (1855) st. 6

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• Speech is the twin of my vision, it is unequal to measure itself, it provokes me forever, it says sarcastically, Walt you contain enough, why don't you let it out then?

  Walt Whitman

  Forever, Vision, Speech

  Walt Whitman, Sculley Bradley, Harold W. Blodgett (2008). “Leaves of Grass: A Textual Variorum of the Printed Poems, 1855-1856”, p.35, NYU Press

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