You can't put off being young until you retire. Philip Larkin putretireyoung Change image and share on social
I think writing about unhappiness is probably the source of my popularity, if I have any-after all, most people are unhappy, don't you think? Philip Larkin peoplepopularitysource Change image and share on social
Life has a practice of living you, if you don't live it. Philip Larkin lifelivepractice Change image and share on social
Above all, though, children are linked to adults by the simple fact that they are in process of turning into them. For this they may be forgiven much. Children are bound to be inferior to adults, or there is no incentive to grow up. Philip Larkin adultbindchild share on social
Deprivation is for me what daffodils were for Wordsworth. Philip Larkin daffodildeprivationwordsworth Change image and share on social
Death is no different whined at than withstood. Philip Larkin deathwhinewithstand Change image and share on social
I can't understand these chaps who go round American universities explaining how they write poems: It's like going round explaining how you sleep with your wife. Philip Larkin americanchapexplain Change image and share on social
Man hands on misery to man. It deepens like a coastal shelf. Get out as early as you can, and don't have any kids yourself. Philip Larkin coastaldeepenearly Change image and share on social
In everyone there sleeps. A sense of life lived according to love. To some it means the difference they could make. By loving others, but across most it sweeps. As all they might have done had they been loved. That nothing cures. Philip Larkin curedifferencelife share on social
