An author frequently chooses solemn or overwhelming subjects to write about; he is so impressed at writing about Life and Death that he does not notice that he is saying nothing of the slightest importance about either.


"Ten Books," The Southern Review (Autumn 1935) [p. 9] - Kipling, Auden & Co: Essays and Reviews 1935-1964 (1980)

Randall Jarrell Quotes

An author frequently chooses solemn or overwhelming subjects to write about; he is so impressed at writing about Life and Death that he does not...

An author frequently chooses solemn or overwhelming subjects to write about; he is so impressed at writing about Life and Death that he does not...

An author frequently chooses solemn or overwhelming subjects to write about; he is so impressed at writing about Life and Death that he does not...

An author frequently chooses solemn or overwhelming subjects to write about; he is so impressed at writing about Life and Death that he does not...