I only found myself when I stopped looking. . .

I am sure that there is many a young man who would think it a great honor to exchange his name for yours.

The fairy tale belongs to the poor...I know of no fairy tale which upholds the tyrant, or takes the part of the strong against the weak. A fascist fairy tale is an absurdity.

We were happy. I know I ought to be able to tell you about it, yet I cannot, for while a nightmare will stay with you like hunger, when you awake from a happy dream, you have no memory of it.

Mans vanity transgresses death

I was not frightened as they were, for the very violence of his threats showed how weak he was.

If people feel lost and alone and helpless and broken and hopeless today, what will it be like if the world really begins to come apart at the hinges?

A poet must have died as a man before he is worth anything as a poet.

You don't begin by dehumanizing those who are dehumanizing you, because it contributes to the cycle of dehumanization in the world.

Emotional maturity is the ability to stick to a job and to struggle through until it is finished, to endure unpleasantness, discomfort and frustration.

Vanity is a vital aid to nature: completely and absolutely necessary to life. It is one of nature's ways to bind you to the earth.

I know that sometimes in my own life I really felt like killing people.

I've always been a perfectionist, so I always wanted to sound better than I did. But, that's a never-ending process. You always want to get better. There's always room to grow.

I love being a redhead. It's a rare thing, so I think there's a bond between redheads.

Mother Earth is very talented. She has produced Buddhas, bodhisattvas, great beings.

I've always admired people who are over-prepared.