Philip Larkin Quotes
Things are tougher than we are, just
As earth will always respond
However we mess it about.
Larkin, Philip. "Going, Going." High Windows, Faber and Faber, 1974, p. 21.
This is one of the early environmental statements.
The New York Restoration project cleaned up and restored many of the parks of New York City. Most Americans do not realize that New York City has some of the greatest parks in the world and a substantial part of the city’s land is devoted to its parks.
Philip Arthur Larkin CH CBE FRSL was an English poet, novelist, and librarian. His first book of poetry, The North Ship, was published in 1945, followed by two novels, Jill (1946) and A Girl in Winter (1947), and he came to prominence in 1955 with the publication of his second collection of poems, The Less Deceived, followed by The Whitsun Weddings (1964) and High Windows (1974). He contributed to The Daily Telegraph as its jazz critic from 1961 to 1971, articles gathered in All What Jazz: A Record Diary 1961–71 (1985), and he edited The Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse (1973). His many honours include the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry. He was offered, but declined, the position of Poet Laureate in 1984, following the death of Sir John Betjeman.
