So often we confuse mistakes for soul mates, lessons forlovers, and at the same time worthy life partners for one-night stands. It’s an epidemic.

The tragedy of love is in its ending, the blessing—everything else. No love ever deserves to end.

When the nightcomes to break my heart, I think of you.

I let myself have feelings for you despite not knowing how this would end.

It is better to live with faith than fear.

One of the exciting things about being a believer is watching God unveil His plan for our lives.

When I recite poems onstage, I put myself into the very personal struggle and it grants tremendous perspective. At the same time you get another perspective on the poem you're reciting.

Charity: a thing that begins at home, and usually stays there.

[To Parliament, when it urged her to marry and settle the succession:] You attend to your own duties and I'll perform mine.

Music and text have several commonalities, and one is meter and rhythm. Both spoken word and music have certain regularities, and they can be sub-divided rhythmically.

... the natural world is the old river that runs through everything, and I think poets will forever fish along its shores.

If you are playing repertoire material, you're stuck. There's not huge amounts you can do.

The Church is the one institution that exists for those outside it.