It is in the nature of any effort to leave something serviceable behind it.

Build a little fence of trust around today; Fill the space with loving deeds, and therein stay.

Art is the god you have not seen.

Nature has a counterpart, a representation of every interior mood and obscure perception of man.

Armed with madness, I go on a long voyage.

Not till the end of the war will there be any time for art or love or magic again. Perhaps never again.

The truth which may not be told, is the truth which cannot be told.

I blessed the power which has filled my life with poetry.

One should be allowed to choose one's burden.

Sink twice before you strike out for land.

Frog or pearl, life hid something at the bottom of the cup.

Most people are about as happy as their self confidence will allow them to be.

Rich people don't pay taxes? Of course they pay taxes - they pay tons in taxes. They pay for everyone else who doesn't pay taxes.

If you took half of something and continued to take half of that half and so on, you would never reach an end.

The softness of the summer day like an ermine paw.

Any climate scientist will tell you that an unusually warm month - or even a whole warm winter - doesn't mean much. It's the long-term trend that counts.

School days, I believe, are the unhappiest in the whole span of human existence.

Yelling is a form of publishing

I began by doing physical yoga, initially just for the workout, as exercise. I would get peaceful and calm at the end of it, and I was curious about that.

I would not want to be a mobile home repo man. Those would be hard to sneak away - "Knock knock - Hi, would you go cut your grass and look that way for a half an hour?"

I like bands for a long time, even when they're not trendy anymore. I still like Arcade Fire. I've always liked Stevie Wonder.