Sara Teasdale

“Oh who can tell the range of joy or set the bounds of beauty?”

“Though I know he loves me, tonight my heart is sad his kiss was not so wonderful as all the dreams I had.”

“Life is but thought.”

“Life has loveliness to sell, all beautiful and splendid things, blue waves whitened on a cliff, soaring fire that sways and sings, and children's faces looking up, holding wonder like a cup.”

“When I can look life in the eyes, grown calm and very coldly wise, life will have given me the truth, and taken in exchange - my youth.”

“Wisdom is not acquired save as the result of investigation.”