Marianne Moore - Stars Quotes

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She says 'Men are monopolists
of stars, garters, buttons
and other shining baubles —
unfit to be the guardians
of another person's happiness.'

Marianne Moore

Below the incandescent stars
below the incandescent fruit,
the strange experience of beauty;
its existence is too much;
it tears one to pieces
and each fresh wave of consciousness
is poison.

Marianne Moore

[The] whirlwind fife-and-drum of the storm bends the salt marsh grass, disturbs stars in the sky and the star on the steeple; it is a privilege to see so much confusion.

Marianne Moore