Quote by: Mark Van Doren

When it aims to express a love of the world it refuses to conceal the many reasons why the world is hard to love, though we must love it because we have no other, and to fail to love it is not to exist at all.


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Author Bio


  • NameMark Van Doren
  • DescriptionAmerican poet and literary critic
  • BornJune 13, 1894
  • DiedDecember 10, 1972
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPoet; Author; Autobiographer
  • AwardsPulitzer Prize For Poetry