Derek Walcott Quotes

1930-, Poet and Playwright, born in West Indies
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“Any serious attempt to try to do something worthwhile is ritualistic.”
Verifiedfor The Paris Review (1986) · evidenceRitual
“I try to forget what happiness was, and when that don't work, I study the stars.”
Verified"The Schooner Flight" (1980), "After the Storm" · evidenceAstronomy
“The English language is nobody's special property. It is the property of the imagination: it is the property of the language itself.”
Verifiedfor The Paris Review (1986) · evidenceLanguage
“Break a vase, and the love that reassembles the fragments is stronger than that love which took its symmetry for granted when it was whole.”
Quarrels