Perhaps I should not hope to convey in mere words the unutterable hideousness that can dwell in absolute silence and barren immensity.

The end is near. I hear a noise at the door, as of some immense slippery body lumbering against it. It shall not find me. God, that hand! The window! The window!

Many people desire to be trusted but they don’t do things that make them trustworthy...

When the self is not engaged in apprehending objects it becomes aware of itself.

Nothing energizes me more than to burrow myself under a pile of received wisdom and emerge triumphant with the truth.

It is the genus that gives the characters, and not the characters that make the genus.

I try to make my bed every day for mental health. Coming home to an unmade bed or a room with clothes all over will depress me.

The purpose of the poetry is not to dazzle us with an astonishing thought, but to make one moment of existence unforgettable and worthy of unbearable nostalgia.

Not getting what you want either means you don't want it enough, or you have been dealing too long with the price you have to pay.

Civil disobedience is an act of love.

I've got to pay $5 for gas just like everybody else.