I fell in love — that is the only expression I can think of — at once, and am still at the mercy of words, though sometimes now, knowing a little of their behavior very well, I think I can influence them slightly and have even learned to beat them now and then, which they appear to enjoy.


Poetic Manifesto, published in the Texas Quarterly (Winter 1961)

Dylan Thomas Quotes

I fell in love — that is the only expression I can think of — at once, and am still at the mercy of words, though sometimes now, knowing a little ...

I fell in love — that is the only expression I can think of — at once, and am still at the mercy of words, though sometimes now, knowing a little ...

I fell in love — that is the only expression I can think of — at once, and am still at the mercy of words, though sometimes now, knowing a little ...

I fell in love — that is the only expression I can think of — at once, and am still at the mercy of words, though sometimes now, knowing a little ...