Poetry is priceless.... a way of keeping yourself feeling rich and civilized even when you're quite poor.

Strike deep, divide us from cheap-got doubt, Leap, leap between us and the easy out; Teach us to seize, to use, to sleep well, to let go; Let our loves, freed in us, gaudy and graceful, grow.

I stand above the tree level I am a tree I catch wind storm breaths My branches claw I drink sky It stretches me I don't care I catch jokes and luck from tall thin blue air

Freedom comes from focus, focus brings freedom. Focus on fear you will always be in prison, focus on faith and is nothing the world can keep you knocked down.

Those who want to learn, listen. Those who do not want to think, speak.

Marcus looked down. “Ah, man! This was my favorite shirt. Who tore it?” he asked, trying to pull the ragged edges together.

Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.

I refuse to spend my life worrying about what I eat. There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric ward.

You can at any time decide to alter the course of your life; no one can take that away.

You see, I, unlike you, have been made a prefect, which means that I, unlike you, have the power to hand out punishments.” “Yeah,” said Harry, “but you, unlike me, are a git.

What seems over your head is always under His feet.

I'm more relaxed about how the editing process will create a performance and that, in a way, gives me a sense of freedom.

When you read and understand a poem, comprehending its rich and formal meanings, then you master chaos a little.