I have written every poem, every novel, for the same purpose-to find out what I think, to know where I stand.

We are all jellyfish, too pitiful and too afraid of being disliked to be honest.

Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.

Without darkness, nothing comes to birth, As without light, nothing flowers.

What is destructive is impatience, haste, expecting too much too fast.

We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.

The minute one utters a certainty, the opposite comes to mind.

The most valuable thing we can do for the psyche, occasionally, is to let it rest, wander, live in the changing light of room, not try to be or do anything whatever.

There are some griefs so loud/They could bring down the sky/And there are griefs so still/None knows how deep they lie.

A house that does not have one warm, comfy chair in it is soulless.

It is, I assume, quite easy to wither into old age, and hard to grow into it.

An educated mind is a questioning mind. Or is it?

It’s better, really, to go out in a blaze. That’s why we love Marilyn, and James Dean. We love the ones who walk right into the fire.

You can draw power from everything in your life. In order to do that, everything has to be set up in a proper way.

Inhibition is no good provider for a needy man

Always argue over text so other people aren't embarrassed!

'All men are created equal', 'government by consent of the governed', 'give me liberty or give me death'. Well, those are not just clever words, or those are not just empty theories.

The tragedy is not that love doesn't last. The tragedy is the love that lasts.

A lot of my writing is not terribly civilized.

Love is primarily giving. It’s an action that leads to a feeling, not a feeling first.

We do not wish to be better than we are, but more fully what we are.