…we should be careful
Of each other, we should be kind
While there is still time.
~ Philip Larkin / The Mower
Philip Larkin on Fulfillment
“Fulfillment’s desolate attic…”
~ Philip Larkin / Courtesy Jennifer Senior, NYT
Geoff Dyer on Staying Put
“This was a Larkin-god: the god of staying put, of not moving.”
~ Geoff Dyer / White Sands
Philip Larkin on Work
“Why should I let the toad work squat on my life?”
~ Philip Larkin
Philip Larkin on Coupledom
“Surely to think the lion’s share of happiness is found by couples – sheer inaccuracy, as far as I’m concerned.”
~ Philip Larkin
Philip Larkin on Life
“Life has a practice of living you, if you don’t live it.”
~ Philip Larkin