I went in there only once, as a sane man, and I came out...well, I came out like this. But you, once you come out of there, you'll be a king!

You can't always expect people to apply your wisdom when they didn't use wisdom before they found themselves knee deep in their version of justice.

In the moment when he died at my hand he had his own heart's desire—not the actual future, but a hope for the best possible future, one that he could not himself imagine.

Science has made many advances in my lifetime, but the instrument has yet to be invented that can see clearly into the marriage of a man and a woman.

My lone desire stands, looking like beauty on a cloud, ripe for my picking, ready for me to ravish and pleasure. Waiting for me to tempt and tease. Satisfy and gratify.

The opposite of a coward is one who knows and does the right thing at the right time even if it may cost them their own life.

I trust online banking. You know why? Because if somebody hacks into my account and defrauds my credit card company, or my online bank account, guess who takes the loss? The bank, not me.

A poem is a flexible thing, and a poem is a poem.

Learn to hold loosely all that is not eternal.

I was about to move out of my apartment because I was so broke. I'd sort of made a pact with myself that I wouldn't take a job unless it was interesting to me, and I became broke very fast.

It is well to be prepared for life as it is, but it is better to be prepared to make life better than it is.