Al Purdy Quotes

For me, the vast marvel is to be alive. For man, or for flowers or beast or bird, the supreme triumph is to be most vividly and perfectly alive.
Al Purdy

Alive, Bird, Flowers

'A collected poems' is either a gravestone or a testimonial to survival.
Al Purdy

Either, Survival, Poems

At a certain age you're always uncertain how other people will take you.
Al Purdy

I don't think I do have a soul.
Al Purdy

I started writing when I was about thirteen.
Al Purdy

Writing, Started, Thirteen

I was desperately unhappy trying to adjust to the world.
Al Purdy

Trying, Unhappy, Adjust

I'm not religious in any formal sense, not in any God sense.
Al Purdy

God, Sense, Religious

In my own mind, I was sort of a desperate kid.
Al Purdy

Mind, Desperate, Kid

Things were so bad we ate rabbits that neighbours had run over and gave to us because they knew we were broke.
Al Purdy

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Poet

Born: December 30, 1918

Died: April 21, 2000

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