The intellectual is a middle-class product; if he is not born into the class he must soon insert himself into it, in order to exist. He is the fine nervous flower of the bourgeoisie.
- Louise Bogan
Product, Born, Middle-Class, Bourgeoisie
But childhood prolonged, cannot remain a fairyland. It becomes a hell.
- Louise Bogan
Childhood, Cannot, Remain, Prolonged
No more pronouncements on lousy verse. No more hidden competition. No more struggling not to be a square.
- Louise Bogan
More, Hidden, Square, Verse
Because language is the carrier of ideas, it is easy to believe that it should be very little else than such a carrier.
- Louise Bogan
Very, Than, Else, Carrier
Stupidity always accompanies evil. Or evil, stupidity.
- Louise Bogan
Stupidity, Evil, Always, Accompanies
Innocence of heart and violence of feeling are necessary in any kind of superior achievement: The arts cannot exist without them.
- Louise Bogan
Kind, Innocence, Necessary, Violence
Your work is carved out of agony as a statue is carved out of marble.
- Louise Bogan
Work, Statue, Agony, Marble
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