I feel most at home when I am writing a poem—because in that instant, I am everywhere.

Sholeh Wolpé poetry proves to be rumination, prayer, song.

the poet I saw once...but whose words have long beenin my mind, windows of invincible candles...

You should love yourself to an extent where you can't let anyone take advantage of you, no matter who they are.

If I am all mankind, are they themselves without me?

For me, few things are more compelling than watching a great opera.

We have to create security for the working families of Britain, and that's what I'll do

The Crime, from us, is hidden, [though] he is presumed to know.

Hence the same instant which killed the animals froze the country where they lived. This event was sudden, instantaneous, without any gradual development.

The thing about Occupy is that the sentiment the movement embodies is timeless: Don't be greedy, share.

The common behavior of mankind is the system of reference by means of which we interpret an unknown language.

Days I kept busy with fractured angels' client masquerades.

They did that little thing on South Park, and they mentioned my name and had a character of me judging a Halloween contest. It was really funny. That made me the coolest aunt on earth.