A poem is an invitation to a voyage. As in life, we travel to see fresh sights.

Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while all others were making ships.

The highest levels of consciousness are wordless.

He who cannot howl will not find his pack.

The world is beautiful but not sayable. That's why we need art.

The secret wish of poetry is to stop time.

Insomnia is an all-night travel agency with posters advertising faraway places.

When people ask me how to find happiness in life I tell them, First learn how to cook.

Poetry: three mismatched shoes at the entrance of a dark alley.

If I believe in anything, it is in the dark night of the soul. Awe is my religion, and mystery is its church.

One writes because one has been touched by the yearning for and the despair of ever touching the Other.

To resist a compulsion with willpower alone is to hold back an avalanche by melting the snow with a candle. It just keeps coming and coming and coming.

I am not half the man I use to think I was.

My motto is to go wild on the accessories - the belts, the hair clips, the jewelery.

I don't have the luxury of having a dog myself because I travel too much, but I love walking and cuddling somebody else's dog.

I never wrote anything that was published until I was forty.

First and foremost, I am a mom. I get the most fulfillment being with my family.

Look to what you have around you and be grateful, instead of searching for more. All you take with you when you leave this world is love, friendship, and good deeds.

Don't murmur and rebel in your hour of adversity. Trust in God in every trial.

The ultimate court of appeal is observation and experiment... not authority.

Life is but sighs; and, when they cease, 'tis over.