What after all, is a halo? It's only one more thing to keep clean. —Christopher Fry More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
About Christopher Fry Christopher Fry (18 December 1907 – 30 June 2005) was an English poet and playwright. He is best known for his verse dramas, especially The Lady's Not for Burning, which made him a major force in theatre in the 1940s and 1950s.
More quotations from Christopher Fry Poetry is the language in which man explores his own amazement . . . says heaven and earth in one word . . . speaks of himself and his predicament as though for the first time. It has the virtue of being able to say twice as much as prose in half the time, and the drawback, if you do not give it your full attention, of seeming to say half as much in twice the time. —Christopher Fry More about this quote Tags: attention wonder poetry language amazement Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Poetry is the language in which man explores his own amazement . . . says heaven and earth in one word . . . speaks of himself and his predicament as though for the first time. It has the virtue of being able to say twice as much as prose in half the time, and the drawback, if you do not give it your full attention, of seeming to say half as much in twice the time. —Christopher Fry More about this quote Tags: attention wonder poetry language amazement Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email