Darkness is the womb from which a poet is born.

To hold the courage to let another witness our tears, while refuting fears invitation to shield face, is to grant the most privileged of all loving intimacies to them.

We all have the same pallet of emotional paints. It is how we pigment them on the canvas of life that dictates our artistry.

I do so love hearing people speak passionately on any subject, other than themselves.

Life is like a bud, it always dreams to bloom like a flower.

Hate is a very strong, pure emotion to be wasted on people you don't care about.

If we must die, let it not be like hogs Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot, If we must die, O let us nobly die.

I want to open myself, let him inside. But how do I give what has already been taken?

Aspiration sees only one side of every question; possession many.

Foreign meddling elections is bad whether it's done by the Russians here or by us or anyplace else.

I think all we should legislate is morality.

The continuous work of our life is to build death.

When I was in school, one of my teachers was crazy about me. I once heard her tell another teacher, "I wish he was my kid for one day!"

Look for the best in everybody