A 21st century poet is a woman who can speak her mind and stand upright like a mountain with her convictions, but can adapt like water in an ever changing season without losing her genuine elements.

now i am oldolder enough to have known the worldand i am sad

in my dreamsi need not to die everyday to be free

My poems - they sprang from the depths of my being.

I watched him with wonder like the stars watch the moon, falling in love with every crescent, dark side, and dream.

The glory of God is in man fully alive.

Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever makes the fewest persons uneasy is the best bred in the company.

When you have the facts on your side, argue the facts. When you have the law on your side, argue the law. When you have neither, holler.

My music has always been strong in melodic content.

Ideally, brewers interpret history, and through science they create art.

I was a Navy officer writing about Navy problems and I simply stole this lovely Army nurse and popped her into a Navy uniform, where she has done very well for herself.

When you're 19, getting a girl to say yes, or being a dog, or being a player, cheating. Consent is all about - for me, back then - if you can get a girl to say yes, you win.

You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him.

You could string a hundred endless days together, My soul would find no comfort from this pain. You laugh at my tale? You may be educated But you haven’t learned to love till you’re insane