There are a lot of men who are healthier at age fifty then they have ever been before, because a lot of their fear is gone.
Robert BlyMyth and poetry represent a reservoir of vertical thinking, which we could also call longing and gratitude to ancestors. We need that gratitude desperately.
Robert BlySome people can't go into church any longer to feel this longing, but they still have the longing, so what do they do? Well, one thing you can do is what people do in prison; they turn to poetry.
Robert Bly