Refuse the old means of measurement.Rely instead on the thrumming wilderness of self. Listen.-From "Out West

You bear a sword and shield, remind meof her labor, her stoning gaze. What beastwill your blade free next? What call will you loosefrom another woman's throat?

You grow. You are large. You are a 19th century poem.All of America is inside you, a catalogue of lives and landand burrowing things.-From "Catalogue

What others are doing or accomplishing is irrelevant to your growth.

I want to write a book of poetry, as well as children's stories.

If you can’t get the wicket of Rohit Sharma, you are struggling in life

Aemon’s blind white eyes came open. “Egg?” he said, as the rain streamed down his cheeks. “Egg, I dreamed that I was old.

Let us rejoice at the many unexplored fields in which there is unlimited fame and fortune to the successful explorer . . .

Lofty souls are always inclined to make a virtue of misfortune.

There is more than one good way to drown.

Cheap! But not as cheap as your girlfriend.

The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born.

Everyone's values are defined by what they will tolerate when it is done to others.