Jane Kenyon Quotes

#1. Let it come, as it will, and don't be afraid. God does not leave us comfortless, so let evening come.

Jane Kenyon

#2. If it's darkness we're having, let it be extravagant.

Jane Kenyon

#3. The poet's job is to put into words those feelings we all have that are so deep, so important, and yet so difficult to name, to tell the truth in such a beautiful way, that people cannot live without it.

Jane Kenyon

#4. There's just no accounting for happiness, or the way it turns up like a prodigal who comes back to the dust at your feet having squandered a fortune far away.

Jane Kenyon

#5. I am the one whose love
overcomes you, already with you
when you think to call my name.

Jane Kenyon

#6. Everyone longs for love's tense joys and red delights.

Jane Kenyon

#7. Be a good steward of your gifts. Protect your time. Feed your inner life. Avoid too much noise. Read good books, have good sentences in your ears. Be by yourself as often as you can. Walk. Take the phone off the hook. Work regular hours.

Jane Kenyon

#8. My ear is not working, my poetry ear. I can't write a line that doesn't sound like pots and pans falling out of the cupboard.

Jane Kenyon

#9. A poet's job is to find a name for everything: to be a fearless finder of the names of things.

Jane Kenyon

#10. The soul's bliss and suffering are bound together.

Jane Kenyon

#11. If you want a different life, you gotta start doing and learning different things.

Jane Kenyon