Boys are raw materials that women manufacture into products called men.

A genuine smile is one of the world’s rarest treasures.

A fish that is afraid of drowning in a river is ignorant of its gifts.

A diamond earns its sparkle from the pressure it endures.

It is in the storm, not the calm, that a rainbow is born.

A determined seed cannot be hidden from the world, not even by dirt.

Calm skies don't make skillful eagles.

If you cry in the rain, only the sky will see your tears.

Birds keep singing beautiful songs, even if they have no audience.

Today's storms help you appreciate tomorrow’s sunshine.

Train the ears to hear more, the eyes to see more, the hands to do more, the feet to accomplish more, the mind to think more, the heart to feel more, and the soul to love more.

He loved words, and he would admit that he was playing with them all the time. He was obsessive about the rhythm of the sentence, and would add a word, subtract a word. [about Truman Capote]

Maybe they hurt so much that the only way they can say it, is to say nothing

Worthless as wither'd weeds.

Alone among businesses, the fossil-fuel industry is allowed to dump its main waste, carbon dioxide, for free.

I saw "Follies" again at thirty, and you know, I had this great appreciation for [Stephen] Sondheim's brilliance, his lyrics.

The opposite of compromise is character.

A poet's job is to find a name for everything: to be a fearless finder of the names of things.

When words are most empty, tears are most apt.

Be content. Know that whatever comes along, you can handle it and grow from it.

Get on with life because life gets on without you.