Robert Bly Quote

It's hard to grasp how much generosityIs involved in letting us go on breathing,When we contribute nothing valuable but our grief.Each of us deserves to be forgiven, if only forOur persistence in keeping our small boat afloatWhen so many have gone down in the storm.

Robert Bly

It's hard to grasp how much generosityIs involved in letting us go on breathing,When we contribute nothing valuable but our grief.Each of us deserves to be forgiven, if only forOur persistence in keeping our small boat afloatWhen so many have gone down in the storm.

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About Robert Bly

Robert Elwood Bly (December 23, 1926 – November 21, 2021) was an American poet, essayist, activist and leader of the mythopoetic men's movement. His best-known prose book is Iron John: A Book About Men (1990), which spent 62 weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list, and is a key text of the mythopoetic men's movement. He won the 1968 National Book Award for Poetry for his book The Light Around the Body.