Macmillan's rejection had left him very downcast... Patrick Swift was invited to peruse the contents and decided that the poems should be published.

On the stem of memory imaginations blossom.

We are not alone in our loneliness, others have been here and known griefs we thought our special own.

There is something wrong with a work of art if it can be understood by a policeman.

God cannot catch us. Unless we stay in the unconscious room. Of our hearts.

A sweeping statement is the only statement worth listening to. The critic without faith gives balanced opinions, usually about second-rate writers.

It often occurs to me that we love most what makes us miserable. In my opinion the damned are damned because they enjoy being damned.

I dabbled in verse and it became my life

A man is original when he speaks the truth that has always been known to all good men.

Malice is only another name for mediocrity.

What appears in newspapers is often new but seldom true.

Look at every creature from the window of compassion with the eyes of love!

You don't have to let that one thing be the thing that defines you.

The freedom of thought and expression is one of the most sacred rights in this country.

What is the relationship between love and desire? How do they relate, and how do they conflict? ... Therein lies the mystery of eroticism.

I'm not done with love, but I refuse to settle.

There's more to getting to where you're going then just knowing there's a road.

In 2003, Congress should have resisted the rush to a war of choice with Iraq. I will do everything in my power to prevent us from repeating the mistakes of my predecessors.

Leader. Ship. The word 'ship' is hidden inside the word 'leadership,' as its... derivation.

The long night of human history is drawing at last to its conclusion.

Sorrow breaks seasons and reposing hours, Makes the night morning, and the noontide night.