I do insist on making what I hope is sense so there's always a coherent narrative or argument that the reader can follow.
Howard NemerovThe historian is terribly responsible to what he can discern are the facts of the case, but he's nothing if he doesn't make out a case.
Howard NemerovI've thought of the last line of some poems for years and tried them out, It wouldn't work because the last line was much too beautiful for the poem.
Howard Nemerov