Every advantage is temporary.

Moving on is easy. It's staying moved on that's trickier.

If truth doesn't set you free, generosity of spirit will.

There is no beauty in sadness. No honor in suffering. No growth in fear. No relief in hate. It’s just a waste of perfectly good happiness.

Writing is not a matter of time, but a matter or of space. If you don't keep space in your head for writing, you won't write even if you have the time.

How to Write a PoemCatch the airaround the butterfly.

My Personalityunfolding before youlike a Swiss Army knife.

Impatience kills quickly.

Writing poetry is supernatural. Or, it should be.

Lineation can make your break your poems.

If you don't write when you don't have time for it, you won't write when you do have time for it.

Sometimes that’s what it takes. Putting it all out there and hoping love wins.

I’m really cracking. No, I’m beyond cracking. I’m shattered. I’m lost. I’m fragmented.

What a miserable thing life is: you're in clover; only the clover isn't good enough.

A woman's rank Lies in the fulness of her womanhood: Therein alone she is royal.

I am a person of faith. I'm certainly not an atheist or an agnostic and I see some divine force somewhere.

If you felt like somebody made you feel worthless, that is a lie. You are valuable, you deserve to be treated as a valuable precious treasure.

Steve Marcus was one of the greatest saxophonists in all of music. He truly was able to unite jazz with the popular music of the time.

I may not unnerve myself while I can struggle against evil.

I have no regrets about my career or retiring. Not once have I thought 'Gosh, I wish I was back on the court.

Why should I keep doing things that I've done before?