It is quite cruel that a poet cannot wander through his regions of enchantment without having a critic, forever, like the old man of the sea, upon his back.

We need people in our lives with whom we can be as open as possible. To have real conversations with people may seem like such a simple, obvious suggestion, but it involves courage and risk.

A friendship that like love is warm; A love like friendship, steady.

The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest.

The heart that has truly loved never forgets, But as truly loves on to the close.

You may break, you may shatter the vase, if you will, But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.

Finding the right work is like discovering your own soul in the world.

It is precisely because we resist the darkness in ourselves that we miss the depths of the loveliness, beauty, brilliance, creativity, and joy that lie at our core.

Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish; Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.

It may help us, in those times of trouble, to remember that love is not only about relationship, it is also an affair of the soul.

Go where we may, rest where we will, Eternal London haunts us still.

At the age of 46, forgetfulness & confusion had become a daily aspect of life.

My troubles are all over, and I am at home; and often before I am quite awake, I fancy I am still in the orchard at Birtwick, standing with my friends under the apple trees.

Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don't have brains enough to be honest.

You learn history in school, and you have a reverential feeling toward it. But by being irreverent, it feels current.

No one will want a piece of us in 2009.

Only through kindness and love can peace of mind be achieved.

You're a parasite for sore eyes.

I am essentially a loner.

Books are the way the dead talk to the living.

My thing about camp is to come in and be who I am, which is the most dominant player in the game, That's who I am, and that's what I'm here for.