6 Quotes & Sayings By Delmore Schwartz

Delmore Schwartz was born in Pittsburgh, Pa. He received his primary and secondary education in the public schools of Pittsburgh and graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 1930. His first job was as a typesetter for a newspaper in Pittsburgh, and he soon became interested in writing poetry. In 1933 Schwartz joined the Federal Writers' Project and wrote poetry and prose for the Works Progress Administration Read more

In 1935 he became a staff reporter and columnist for The Pittsburgh Courier and also worked for The New Republic magazine. His works, which include poetry, stories, plays, essays, and magazine articles, have appeared in Harper's Magazine and other publications. He has been a frequent contributor to The New Yorker magazine.

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Love is the most difficult and dangerous form of courage. Courage is the most desperate, admirable and noble kind of love. Delmore Schwartz
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Time is the school in which we learn, Time is the fire in which we burn. Delmore Schwartz
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What was the freedom to which the adult human being rose in the morning, if each act was held back or inspired by the overpowering ghost of a little child? Delmore Schwartz
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No, " said Jacob, "I don't mean to say that this life is just a party, any kind of party. It is a wedding, the most important kind of party, full of joy, fear, hope, and ignorance. And at this party there are enough places and parts for everyone, and if no one can play every part, yet everyone can come to the party, everyone can come to the wedding feast, and anyone who does not know that he is at a wedding feast just does not see what is in front of him. He might as well be dead if he does not know that the world is a wedding. . Delmore Schwartz
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Time is the school in which we learn, time is the fire in which we burn. Delmore Schwartz