Born of the sun they travelled a short while towards the sun And left the vivid air signed with their honour.

When you read and understand a poem, comprehending its rich and formal meanings, then you master chaos a little.

Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do.

The greatest poets are those with memories so great that they extend beyond their strongest experiences to their minutest observations of people and things far outside their own self-centeredness.

History is the ship carrying living memories to the future.

When a child, my dreams rode on your wishes, I was your son, high on your horse, My mind a top whipped by the lashes Of your rhetoric, windy of course.

I think continually of those who were truly great.

There is a certain justice in criticism. The critic is like a midwife - a tyrannical midwife.

All that you can imagine you already know.

So i learned both to accept myself and to aim beyond myself

All the posters on the walls All the leaflets in the streets Are mutilated, destroyed or run in rain, Their words blotted out with tears, Skins peeling from their bodies In the victorious hurricane.

There is darkness in light, there is pain in joy, and there are thorns on the rose.

When you realize who you are and why you're here, then peace will be there.

We have story-makers and we have writers apparently most of the today's writing falls into the first category.

Appearances can be misleading. You just never know what’s inside someone until he’s tested.

Today's my wedding day, Mom," he said softly aloud. "I'm marrying the woman I always told you I would someday.

It makes me sad when I see artists who come alive when they go onstage, because, gee, I really come alive when I'm home.

It's a mistake to think that we have to be lovely to be loved by human beings or by God

I love him who loveth his virtue: for virtue is the will to down-going, and an arrow of longing.

My mom was always making me clothes. We'd go to the fabric store, pick out patterns, and it was a creative process. I heard that word a lot growing up: creative.

That boy Mantle is a good one.