John Keats, Letters Of John Keats Quotes

The world is too brutal for me—I am glad there is such a thing as the grave—I am sure I shall never have any rest till I get there.

For axioms in philosophy are not axioms until they are proved upon our pulses.

If I am destined to be happy with you here—how short is the longest Life—I wish to believe in immortality—I wish to live with you for ever.

Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul?

I was too much in solitude, and consequently was obliged to be in continual burning of thought, as an only resource.

I must choose between despair and Energy──I choose the latter.