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No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. — Robert Frost · 1939
I never dared be radical when young For fear it would make me conservative when old. — Robert Frost · 1936
Depression1 quote
I have been one acquainted with the night. — Robert Frost · 1928
Now no joy but lacks salt That is not dashed with pain And weariness and fault; I crave the stain Of tears, the aftermark Of almost too much love, The sweet of bitter bark And burning clove. — Robert Frost · 1923
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I –– I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. — Robert Frost · 1916
Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee And I'll forgive Thy great big one on me. — Robert Frost · 1962
Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee And I'll forgive Thy great big one on me. — Robert Frost · 1962
Happiness1 quote
Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length. — Robert Frost · 1942
Home1 quote
Home is the place where, when you have to go there, They have to take you in. — Robert Frost · 1914
All those who try to go it sole alone, Too proud to be beholden for relief, Are absolutely sure to come to grief. — Robert Frost · 1946
And were an epitaph to be my story I'd have a short one ready for my own. I would have written of me on my stone: I have a lovers quarrel with the world. — Robert Frost · 1941
Melancholy1 quote
I have been one acquainted with the night. — Robert Frost · 1928
Night1 quote
I have been one acquainted with the night. — Robert Frost · 1928
I never dared be radical when young For fear it would make me conservative when old. — Robert Frost · 1936
Radicalism1 quote
I never dared be radical when young For fear it would make me conservative when old. — Robert Frost · 1936
Seasons1 quote
The sun was warm but the wind was chill. You know how it is with an April day When the sun is out and the wind is still, You're one month on in the middle of May. But if you so much as dare to speak, A cloud comes over the sunlit arch, A wind comes off a frozen peak, And you're two months back in the middle of March. — Robert Frost · 1934
All those who try to go it sole alone, Too proud to be beholden for relief, Are absolutely sure to come to grief. — Robert Frost · 1946
Spring1 quote
The sun was warm but the wind was chill. You know how it is with an April day When the sun is out and the wind is still, You're one month on in the middle of May. But if you so much as dare to speak, A cloud comes over the sunlit arch, A wind comes off a frozen peak, And you're two months back in the middle of March. — Robert Frost · 1934
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I –– I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. — Robert Frost · 1916
Writing1 quote
No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. — Robert Frost · 1939
Now no joy but lacks salt That is not dashed with pain And weariness and fault; I crave the stain Of tears, the aftermark Of almost too much love, The sweet of bitter bark And burning clove. — Robert Frost · 1923