Elizabeth Jennings Quote

But every season is a kind
Of rich nostalgia.
We give names –
Autumn and summer, winter, spring –
As though to unfasten from the mind
Our moods and give them outward forms.
We want the certain, solid thing.


A Way of Looking (1955)


But every season is a kind Of rich nostalgia. We give names – Autumn and summer, winter, spring – As though to unfasten from the mind Our moods...

But every season is a kind Of rich nostalgia. We give names – Autumn and summer, winter, spring – As though to unfasten from the mind Our moods...

But every season is a kind Of rich nostalgia. We give names – Autumn and summer, winter, spring – As though to unfasten from the mind Our moods...

But every season is a kind Of rich nostalgia. We give names – Autumn and summer, winter, spring – As though to unfasten from the mind Our moods...