John Betjeman

Biography

Quotes

  • Too many people in the modern world view poetry as a luxury, not a necessity like petrol. But to me it's the oil of life.
  • And marbled clouds go scudding byThe many-steepled London sky.
  • Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows.
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