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I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other category in which to put it.
Marianne Moore
Poetry
Work
Reason
Psychology which explains everything explains nothing, and we are still in doubt.
Marianne Moore
Doubt
Nothing
Psychology
When one cannot appraise out of one's own experience, the temptation to blunder is minimized, but even when one can, appraisal seems chiefly useful as appraisal of the appraiser.
Marianne Moore
Experience
Temptation
You're not free until you've been made captive by supreme belief.
Marianne Moore
Belief
There never was a war that was not inward.
Marianne Moore
War
The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in silence, but restraint.
Marianne Moore
Feeling
Restraint
Silence
Superior people never make long visits.
Marianne Moore
People