Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

Henry Reed Author

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United Kingdom
  • Born: Feb 22, 1914
  • Died: Dec 8, 1986

Henry Reed (22 February 1914 - 8 December 1986) was a British poet, translator, radio dramatist and journalist.

He was born in Birmingham and educated at King Edward VI School, Aston, followed by the University of Birmingham. At university he associated with W. H. Auden, Louis MacNeice and Walter Allen. He went on to study for an MA and then worked as a teacher and journalist. He was called up to the Army in 1941, spending most of the war as a Japanese translator.

Intuition is the very force or activity of the soul in its experience through whatever has been the experience of the soul itself. experience

If there is any truth to my parenting the dreamwork movement, it comes from the power of the press. parenting

Dreams have always expanded our understanding of reality by challenging our boundaries of the real, of the possible. dreams

Dreams seem to have a will of their own. dreams

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