I think the greatest curse of American society has been the idea of an easy millennialism -- that some new drug, or the next election or the latest in social engineering will solve everything.
Robert Penn WarrenThe urge to write poetry is like having an itch. When the itch becomes annoying enough, you scratch it.
Robert Penn WarrenReality is not a function of the event as event, but of the relationship of that event to past, and future, events.
Robert Penn Warren