Let the space under the first storey be dark, let the water lap the stone posts, and vivid green slime glimmer upon them; let a boat be kept there.

You have come to the shore. There are no instructions.

Both art and faith are dependent on imagination; both are ventures into the unknown.

I'm not very good at praying, but what I experience when I'm writing a poem is close to prayer.

Nothing we do has the quickness, the sureness, the deep intelligence living at peace would have.

It's when we face for a moment the worst our kind can do, and shudder to know the taint in our own selves, that awe cracks the mind's shell and enters the heart.

Grief is a hole you walk around in the daytime and at night you fall into it.

In certain ways writing is a form of prayer.

Marvelous Truth, confront us at every turn, in every guise.

One of the obligations of the writer is to say or sing all that he or she can, to deal with as much of the world as becomes possible to him or her in language.

But for us the road unfurls itself, we don't stop walking, we know there is far to go.

Life is something that happens when you can't get to sleep.

Every transgression and disobedience receives a just recompense of reward, except with those who truly love themselves.

you are a ring tone on the phone I didn’t answer

If we start to complain, destruction is right at our door

Britney Spears' album Blackout is one of the hottest-selling CDs in the country. We're in a bad place, people: The world is melting, we're at war, and Two and a Half Men is a huge hit.

Once upon a time freedom used to be life-now it's money. I guess the world really do change.

Elementary propositions consist of names.

Cherish yesterday, Dream tomorrow, Live today.

The suburb was the major element of Australian society.

I will be as harsh as truth and as uncompromising as justice.