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William H. Gass

William H. Gass Quotes

Total quotes: 2

William H. Gass

Birthname

Birthday: July 30, 1924

Educated At: Kenyon College, Ohio Wesleyan University, Cornell University

Nationality: United States Of America

Occupations: Essayist, University Teacher, Military Officer, Journalist, Literary Critic

Total quotes: 2

“A bush in the excitement of its roses could not have bloomed so beautifully as you did then. It was a look I'd like to give this page. For that is poetry: to bring within about, to change.”

— William H. Gass, In the Heart of the Heart of the Country: And Other Stories(NYRB Classics)

Tagged: blooming romance, Roses Are Red, Poetry, poetry as heart of literature, Change

“There's simply no way of knowing how lonely and empty he is or whether he's as vacant and barren and loveless as the rest of us are.”

— William H. Gass, In the Heart of the Heart of the Country: And Other Stories(NYRB Classics)

Tagged: Loneliness, life is lonely, Emptiness, Emptiness Of A Landscape

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