Men will clutch at illusions when they have nothing else to hold to.

The living owe it to those who no longer can speak to tell their story for them.

A true opium of the people is a belief in nothingness after death - the huge solace of thinking that for our betrayals, greed, cowardice, murders we are not going to be judged.

Language is the only homeland.

It is sweet to think I was a companion in an expedition that never ends

I have defined poetry as a 'passionate pursuit of the Real.

LearningTo believe you are magnificent. And gradually to discover that you are not magnificent. Enough labor for one human life.

In a room wherepeople unanimously maintaina conspiracy of silence, one word of truthsounds like a pistol shot.

The purpose of poetry is to remind ushow difficult it is to remain just one person, for our house is open, there are no keys in the doors, and invisible guests come in and out at will.

You see how I tryTo reach with wordsWhat matters mostAnd how I fail.

The purpose of poetry is to remind us / how difficult it is to remain just one person...

You have a spark of anarchy in your spirit and that's not to be tolerated. Nothing wild or honest is tolerated her! It has to be extinguished...

The biggest payoff in achieving a goal is not what you get, but who you've become.

Watch for the digital release of all my romance novels coming soon.

Evil is done by the living.

It’s about running wild in a field of exclamation points chasing question marks

Our praying to be strong must be buttressed by holy living. The life of faith perfects the prayer of faith.

As in so many cases of sexual abuse within the family, it is much more complicated than had it been done by a stranger.

Pictures can be pretty deceptive.

He will bring us all, rich and poor, white and black, to his judgment seat.

I have drunk and seen the spider.