Theodore Roethke Quotes

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What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible.
Theodore Roethke

Impossible, Specialize

Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley.
Theodore Roethke

May, Path, Seen

A lively understandable spirit Once entertained you. It will come again. Be still. Wait.
Theodore Roethke

Wait, Again, Once

Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light.
Theodore Roethke

Nature, Deep, Light

Love begets love. This torment is my joy.
Theodore Roethke

Love, Joy, Torment

A mind too active is no mind at all.
Theodore Roethke

God bless the roots! Body and soul are one.
Theodore Roethke

God, Soul, Body

I came to love, I came into my own.
Theodore Roethke

I learn by going where I have to go.
Theodore Roethke

Love is not love until love's vulnerable.
Theodore Roethke

Love, Until, Vulnerable

The soul has many motions, body one.
Theodore Roethke

Soul, Body, Motions

Time marks us while we are marking time.
Theodore Roethke

Time, While, Marking

What is madness but nobility of soul at odds with circumstance.
Theodore Roethke

Soul, Madness, Odds

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Poet

Born: May 25, 1908

Died: August 1, 1963

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