Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.

- Marianne Moore

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time.

- Marianne Moore

Poetry is all nouns and verbs.

- Marianne Moore

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion of trust can make trust.

- Marianne Moore

Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage.

- Marianne Moore