I have always eaten animal flesh with a somewhat guilty conscience.

Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

Life isn't worth living, unless it is lived for someone else.

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

God is clever but not dishonest.

Try not to become a man of success but rather a man of value.

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

There was a way in which my grandmother's true self was not these guests' business

There wasn't a lot of bullshit in my heaven.

Books exist for me not as physical entities with pages and binding, but in the province of my mind.

One of the reasons poetry is such an amazing genre to work with is because it constantly reinvents itself and re-negotiates its terms with the reader.

It's not possible for two countries to be the leading dominant political power at the same time.

The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas.

Just remember when you think you're free, the crack in your heart is me.

The hope of remaking the world is indispensable in the struggle of oppressed men and women.

[On the 1982 intruder into her bedroom:] I realized immediately that it wasn't a servant because they don't slam doors.

You try to do your best at what you're getting paid for.