My father used to say Superior people never make long visits who wrote this?

• A. Marianne Moore
• B. Elizabeth Scott Stam
• C. Martha Snell Nicholson
• D. Robert Frost

Answer: (A)

That line showcases Marianne Moore’s distinctive voice: concise, sharply observed, and slyly ironic. Moore often turns a quick social observation into a memorable, aphoristic remark, so a remark like “Superior people never make long visits” fits her knack for witty brevity about human behavior. The other writers tend to work in different tonal realms—Stam and Nicholson more often explore devotional or religious themes, and Frost’s poetry tends to expansive, nature-centered meditations with a more traditional narrative flow. So the attribution to Marianne Moore matches the style and humor of the line.