A lawyer I once knew told me of a strange case, a suffragette who had never married. After her death, he opened her trunk and discovered 50 wedding gowns. Marguerite Young casedeathdiscover Change image and share on social
I would teach from nine to four, sleep an hour, and write from six until midnight, night after night. Marguerite Young hourmidnightnight Change image and share on social
Dreiser... I love... and almost wouldn't speak to anyone who ever attacked him. Marguerite Young attackdreiserlove Change image and share on social
The first poem I ever wrote, about loss, when I was 5 years old, expressed the themes of everything I would ever write. Marguerite Young expresslosspoem Change image and share on social
Some of the poetic writers who insert passages of realism in their texts have no underlying philosophy to uphold them, and revert to realism. Marguerite Young insertpassagephilosophy Change image and share on social
I never thought of myself as either a woman or a man. I thought of myself as a person who was born to a writer, who was doomed to be a writer. Marguerite Young beardoomman Change image and share on social
When the dream came into being, I always pursued it. Marguerite Young dreampursue Change image and share on social
I'm quite sure that most writers would sustain real poetry if they could, but it takes devotion and talent. Marguerite Young devotionpoetryreal Change image and share on social
All my writing is about the recognition that there is no single reality. But the beauty of it is that you nevertheless go on, walking towards utopia, which may not exist, on a bridge which might end before you reach the other side. Marguerite Young beautybridgeend share on social
A good writer cannot avoid having social consciousness. I don't mean this about small pieces of writing, but about a big book. If it's a big book, there has to be more than one undertow. Marguerite Young avoidbigbook Change image and share on social
