If there wasn't death, I think you couldn't go on.

Nothing is more wistful than the scent of lilac, nor more robust than its woody stalk, for we must remember that it is a tree as well as a flower, we must try not to forget this.

I'm alive today, therefore I'm just as much a part of our time as everybody else. The times will just have to enlarge themselves to make room for me, won't they, and for everybody else.

Who is this that comes in grandeur, coming from the blazing East? This is he we had not thought of, this is he the airy Christ.

Unpopular, lonely and loving, Elinor need not trouble, For if she were not so loving, She would not be so miserable.

All poetry has to do is to make a strong communication. All the poet has to do is listen. The poet is not an important fellow. There will also be another poet.

Life may be treacherous, but you can always depend on death.

The human creature is alone in his carapace. Poetry is a strong way out.

The sea was angry that day my friend, like an old man trying to send back soup at a deli.

I'll have your heart, if not by gift my knife Shall carve it out. I'll have your heart, your life.

Why does my muse only speak when she is uhnhappy? She does not, I only listen when I am unhappy.

However successful you are, there is no substitute for a close relationship. We all need them.

There are a lot of bad republicans; there are no good democrats.

Man is not above nature, but in nature.

You've buttered your bread, now sleep in it.

Old people think young people haven't learned about love. Young people think old people have forgotten about love.

I grew up in Brooklyn.

We need more science in the world. Train me.

I think your body is just a little bit stronger after pregnancy.

Enjoy the questions and forget the answers.

It's hard to make a book episodic.