#ted

With the supermarket as our temple and the singing commercial as our litany, are we likely to fire the world with an irresistible vision of America's exalted purpose and inspiring way of life? ↗

— Adlai Stevenson

#commercial #exalted #fire #inspiring #irresistible

I did know Ted Hughes and I partly wrote the book to explain to myself and others the complexities of a marriage that was for six years wonderfully productive of poetry and then ended in tragedy. ↗

— Anne Stevenson

#complexities #did #ended #explain #hughes

I play with language a great deal in my poems, and I enjoy that. I try to condense language, that is, I try to express complicated but I hope real emotions as simply as possible. But that doesn't mean the poems are simple, just that they are as truthful as I can make them. ↗

— Anne Stevenson

#condense #deal #emotions #enjoy #express

Sylvia Plath was just a month and a half older than I, and when she committed suicide I was only 30 - and very shocked and sorry. I never knew her personally. ↗

— Anne Stevenson

#half #her #i #just #knew

I grew up all over the world. My father was in the army and was posted to a new place every two and a half years. I have no geographical roots. ↗

— Juliet Stevenson

#every #father #geographical #grew #half

I almost rented a house by an architect named Schindler, but I couldn't afford it. It was a jewel. ↗

— Parker Stevenson

#almost #architect #house #i #jewel

I like people who are enthused about things they do, like travel, sports, work. I like being with people who have things they're excited about. ↗

— Parker Stevenson

#being #enthused #excited #i #like

Intellectuals would be much more accepted now than in the '40s. ↗