Memory and poetry go together, absolutely. It is a matter of preserving and of remembering things.

Poetry, for me, is the answer to, 'How does one stay sane when private lives are being ransacked by public events?' It's something that hangs over your head all the time.

When I am asked how I began writing poems, I talk about the indifference of nature.

What luxury, to be so happy that we can grieve over imaginary lives.

Everything is autobiography, even if one writes something that is totally objective. The fact that it's a subject that seizes you makes it autobiographical.

Well, language seems to be something that obsesses me. I'm always writing about it.

at home the bookshelves connected heaven and earth.

My husband says spring will be early.He says this every year, And every year I disagree.He needs me, the dark side of the planetary equation.Together we make the equinox.

I thought if only we could go onand meet again, shy as strangers.

Everyone who isn't us is an enemy." - Cersei

Only cooked time tastes well

I'm not a psychopath, I'm a fully functioning sociopath. Do your research.

The different parts of the automobile like the ignition switch, the various buttons, the steering wheel - the interfaces between the driver and the machine - is our spirit or heart.

My idea of 'roughing it' is when you have to have an extension for your electric blanket.

Before you organize you ought to analyze and see what the elements of the business are.

I've never competed in powerlifting. But my goals weren't to be a powerlifter. My goals were to pack on size and get big, big, big.

Your vision of where or who you want to be is the greatest asset you have. Without having a goal it’s difficult to score.

It matters little how one begins, provided that he be resolved to go on well, and to end well.

When you feel the need to have the right person show up in your life, affirm: 'I know the right person is arriving in divine order at precisely the perfect time.'