Poetry is not the most important thing in life... I'd much rather lie in a hot bath reading Agatha Christie and sucking sweets.

Do not go gently into that good night but rage, rage against the dying of the light.

I hold a beast, an angel and a madman within me.

Life always offers you a second chance. is called tomorrow.

Light breaks where no sun shines; Where no sea runs, the waters of the heart; Push in their tides.

When one burns one's bridges, what a very nice fire it makes.

Love is the last light spoken.

An alcoholic is someone you don't like who drinks as much as you do.

It snowed last year too: I made a snowman and my brother knocked it down and I knocked my brother down and then we had tea.

The best craftsmanship always leaves holes and gaps... so that something that is not in the poem can creep, crawl, flash or thunder in.

I do not need any friends. I prefer enemies. They are better company and their feelings towards you are always genuine.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

When thinking about companions gone, we feel ourselves doubly alone.

The mind wants the world to return its love, or its awareness; the mind wants to know all the world, and all eternity, and God.

... the way we view death determines, to a surprising degree, the way we live our lives.

Praise and glory to God for whom nothing is too hard

You are so brave and quiet I forget you are suffering.

Cultures grow on the vine of tradition.

Doubt is not always a sign that a man is wrong; it may be a sign that he is thinking.

The principle of faith is as firm as the very pillars of heaven.

I have been on the same dose of anti-depressants for 15 years, and my nerves still go up and down in cycles; but my nerves are cycling at a lower level than they were before.