It's practically my subject, my theme: solitude and community; the weirdness and terrors of solitude: the stifling and consolations of community. Also, the consolations of solitude.

The little things that you saw with a child’s eye and that will never go away. That’s what consciousness is all about.

At the heart of the ridiculous, the sublime

But the walls of my resolvemortared with stubbornnesshave been breached by circumstancesI cannot handle alone.

When it comes to saving England, Maggy is Ball's Deep

There's no point in working if I'm not involved and interested.

Puritanism was a youthful, vigorous movement.

I always hope to be a better person tomorrow than today.

I feel that anything is possible in a poem.

People shouldn't notice what you're wearing before they notice you. You want people to register you first. 'Oh, what a nice jacket' should be an afterthought if you're doing it right.

Friendship creates only the illusion of not being alone.

If the world is a game whose rules are written by the God, and sorcerers are those who cheat and cheat, then who has written the rules of sorcery?