"If youth is a defect, it is one we outgrow too soon."
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Robert Lowell
Poet
Robert Lowell was an American poet known for his confessional style, particularly in 'Life Studies', which explores themes of identity and mental health.
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Robert Lowell
Poet
"We feel the machine slipping from our hands As if someone else were steering; If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming train."
Robert Lowell
Poet
"The world is absolutely out of control now and is not going to be saved by any reason or unreason."
Robert Lowell
Poet
"Poetry is not the record of an event: it is an event."
Robert Lowell
Poet
"Their monument sticks like a fishbone in the city's throat."
Robert Lowell
Poet
"It is night, And it is vanity, and age Blackens the heart of Adam. Fear, The yellow chirper, beaks its cage."