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Obvious enough that generalities work to protect the mind from the great outdoors; is it possible that this was in fact their first purpose?
— Howard Nemerov
Tags: purpose, mind, great, work

Other Quotes by "Howard Nemerov"

I like all my children, even the squat and ugly ones.
— Howard Nemerov
Tags: even, like, ugly, children
The spirit world doesn't admit to communicating with me, so it's fairly even.
— Howard Nemerov
Tags: admit, spirit, world, me
For a Jewish Puritan of the middle class, the novel is serious, the novel is work, the novel is conscientious application why, the novel is practically the retail business all over again.
— Howard Nemerov
Tags: why, serious, business, work
I think there was a revolution in poetry, associated chiefly with Eliot and Pound; but maybe it is of the nature of revolutions or of the nature of history that their innovations should later come to look trivial or indistinguishable from technical tricks.
— Howard Nemerov
Tags: look, poetry, history, nature
The secrets of success are a good wife and a steady job. My wife told me.
— Howard Nemerov
Tags: job, wife, me, good, success
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