Practice good personal hygiene. Wash your hands before you eat. Be aware of good clean water and food sources.

Suddenly I realize That if I stepped out of my body I would break Into blossom.

Poetry can keep life itself alive. You can endure almost anything as long as you can sing about it.

It goes without saying that a fine short poem can have the resonance and depth of an entire novel.

There is this cave In the air behind my body That nobody is going to touch: A cloister, a silence Closing around a blossom of fire. When I stand upright in the wind, My bones turn to dark emeralds.

I close my eyes, and think of water.

Most of the pollution in the water already is dead animal and plant matter and building debris, ... good stagnant nursery for mosquitoes.

Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy’s Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota

Someone like you makes the sun shine brighter. Someone like you makes a sigh half a smile. Someone like you makes my troubles much lighter. Someone like you make life seem worthwhile.

They can buy whatever brand they want. We will supply the finance.

I asked the Mesquite coach who he thought the best team in Mesquite is. He said they were about even.

A person is thinking creature. His/Her main power of effect is in his/her thoughts.

It is much more rewarding to get to the top of the mountain and share your experience with others than to show up by yourself, exausted.

I buy records - vinyl. I have a record player at home.

People who don't see their own nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are liars and fools.

Four men are missing; R., Sorel and two emigrants. They set out this morning after buffalo, and have not yet made their appearance; whether killed or lost, we cannot tell.

Here, whatever is not boring is not English.

I have been an XL fan of Devo since I was in high school in the 1970s. Their records only sound better with time.

Churches can become places of cynicism, resistance, and pessimism.

How can I even secretly harbour the thought that my neighbour's faith is inferior to mine?

The artists who endure are the ones who stay focused even after they have reached the top of their profession.