A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed toward the hope of greening the landscape of idea.
John CiardiI'm smiled out, talked out, quipped out, socialized so far from any being, I need the weight of mortal silences to get realized back into myself.
John CiardiLove is the word used to label the sexual excitement of the young, the habituation of the middle-aged, and the mutual dependence of the old.
John CiardiThe success of the poem is determined not by how much the poet felt in writing it, but by how much the reader feels in reading it.
John CiardiA university is a reading and discussion club. If students knew how to use the library, they wouldn't need the rest of the buildings. The faculty's job, in great part, is to teach students how to use a library in a living way. All a student should really need is access to the library and a place to sleep.
John Ciardi