What one wants in this world isn’t so much to ‘live’ as to…be lived, to be used by life for its own purposes.
James Merrill Quotes
Showing all quotesJames Merrill (13)
Birth: | 3rd March, 1926 |
Death: | 6th February, 1995 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Poet |
About
James Ingram Merrill was born in New York City, New York, USA. He was an American poet. Although most of his published work was poetry, he also wrote essays, fiction, and plays. He wrote several poems include: The Black Swan, Water Street, Nights and Days, The Fire Screen, Braving the Elements, The Yellow Pages, Divine Comedies(Won- Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1977), Mirabell: Books of Number, Scripts for the Pageant, The Changing Light at Sandover, Late Settings, and A Scattering of Salts. He wrote two novels, including The Seraglio and The (Diblos) Notebook.
Related Authors
Advertisement
Today's Anniversary - 19th April
Births
- 1930 - Dick Sargent
- 1942 - Alan Price
- 1938 - Stanley Eugene Fish
- 1935 - Dudley Moore
- 1885 - Robert Collier
Deaths
- 1791 - Richard Price
- 1938 - Sir Henry John Newbolt
- 1889 - Warren De La Rue
- 1906 - Pierre Curie
- 1560 - Philipp Melanchthon
Quote of the day
Popular Topics
Friendship Quotes
Baby Quotes
Beauty Quotes
Children Quotes
College Quotes
Computer Quotes
Confidence Quotes
Country Quotes
Dream Quotes
Effort Quotes
Joy Quotes
Memory Quotes
Mistake Quotes
Mother Quotes
Positive Quotes
Racism Quotes
Sad Quotes
Stupid Quotes
Education Quotes
Belief Quotes
April Fool’s Day Quotes
Technology Quotes
Opportunity Quotes
Appreciation Quotes
Dissent Quotes
Expectations Quotes
Service Quotes
Teamwork Quotes
Influence Quotes
T-shirt Quotes
About Quoteswave
Quoteswave have collection of famous quotes and sayings by popular authors. We have biggest database of famous proverbs and quotes with images. We have categorized all quotes with different topics and tags like love quotes, inspirational, motivational, life, friendship, success, smile, achievement and belief quotes. Everyone love good meaningful quotes so share famous picture quotes with your friends and loved one.
Our mission is to motivate, boost self confiedence and inspire people to Love life, live life and surf life with words.
Our mission is to motivate, boost self confiedence and inspire people to Love life, live life and surf life with words.
Share with your friends