Cricket to us was more than play, It was a worship in the summer sun.

Mastery in poetry consists largely in the instinct for not ruining or smothering or tinkering with moments of vision.

I am for the woods against the world, But are the woods for me?

Devise some creed, and live it, beyond theirs, Or I shall think you but their spendthrift heirs.

Grief, as in everything, should be experienced in moderation. There is a time to grieve heavily but then there is a time to set it aside and become happy in life again.

Death is the destroyer and giver of sense.

I have limited experience, but I know this: moments of connection with another human being are patently rare. But rarer still are those who can recognize such a connection when they see one.

By the end of the 50s, everything began to collapse and, little by little, I lost all of my work. I lost Rex, the Wonder Dog and all the westerns.

My mother is the coolest, most amazing person I know.

Going to a women's college made a big difference. It gave me the sense women could run things... and I just never thought that it made sense to give that up.

I've certainly never helped anybody save the day, in any capacity. If anybody is going to understand making a few mistakes, it's me.

Surround yourself with friends who only call you a superstar

A remarkable parallel, which I think has never been noticed, obtains between the facts of social evolution on the one hand, and of zological evolution as expounded by Mr. Darwin on the other.

Of friends, however humble, scorn not one.