Philip Larkin

Born :9 August 1922

Tribute :2 December 1985

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Philip Larkin born on 9th August 1922, and passed away on 2nd December 1985, leaving behind a legacy that continues to inspire generations. Over the past 63 years, we have thoughtfully curated a selection of 12 powerful, inspirational, and motivational quotes - carefully handpicked from an extensive archive of life lessons and timeless wisdom. This legendary quote writer was born in english and went on to share won inspiring words with the world, leaving behind a global legacy that transcends borders.

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Quotes of Philip Larkin

Timeless words and powerful thoughts from Philip Larkin - discover the wisdom, inspiration, and voice behind the quotes that continue to resonate

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.

Deprivation is for me what daffodils were for Wordsworth.

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.

Life has a practice of living you, if you don't live it.

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.

I wouldn't mind seeing China if I could come back the same day.

Death is no different whined at than withstood.

You can't put off being young until you retire.

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.