More and more people think of the critic as an indispensable middle man between writer and reader, and would no more read a book alone, if they could help it, than have a baby alone.

A poet is a man who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms, to be struck by lightning five or six times.

One of the most obvious facts about grownups to a child is that they have forgotten what it is like to be a child.

The ways we miss our lives are life.

The people who live in a golden age usually go around complaining how yellow everything looks.

It is always hard for poets to believe that one says their poems are bad not because one is a fiend but because their poems are bad.

Read at whim! Read at whim!

We can't tell our life from our wish

It is better to entertain an idea than to take home to live with you for the rest of your life.

Pain comes from the darkness. And we call it wisdom. It is pain.

Except from the Americans—but every pearl has its oyster.

Man wants to live, but it is useless to hope that this desire will dictate all his actions.

I love being manipulated by what I see. I love weepies and romantic comedies where you're reaching for the Kleenex at the right moment.

You really have to begin by figuring out what kind of person you are. The tip is to really take a look at yourself.

Finders were keepers unless title was proven.

How am I doing so far?" she asked, forcing a cheerful lightness into her voice. "You're doing very well," Nick's lazy voice mocked. "I'm half convinced that I'm invisible.

The place you are looking for is the place from which you are looking.

No nation can be strong except in the strength of God, or safe except in His defense. The trust of our people in God should be declared on our national coins.

The world is changing, but so is Microsoft.

Large men in black plate mail with red cloaks and plumes don't sneak worth a damn.

Though it be honest, it is never good to bring bad news.