Helen Bevington Quotes

I always return to Paris, taking my selves along - past self, customary self, the self I never had.

poetry ... shows with a sudden intense clarity what is already there.

nobody alive or dead deserves to be called a poetess.

The poor South. Already guilty of slavery, it became guilty of cigarettes.

being asked to decide between your passion for work and your passion for children was like being asked by your doctor whether you preferred him to remove your brain or your heart.

I don't feel like a survivor. I feel left behind.