Soccer is popular because stupidity is popular.

So plant your own gardens and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.

Being with you and not being with you is the only way I have to measure time.

Don't talk unless you can improve the silence.

I am not sure that I exist, actually. I am all the writers that I have read, all the people that I have met, all the women that I have loved; all the cities I have visited.

I cannot sleep unless I am surrounded by books.

The worst labyrinth is not that intricate form that can entrap us forever, but a single and precise straight line

The fact is that poetry is not the books in the library . . . Poetry is the encounter of the reader with the book, the discovery of the book.

Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as if the sand were stone.

I can give you my loneliness, my darkness, the hunger of my heart, I am trying to bribe you with uncertainty, with danger, with defeat.

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

That's one huge puppy.

We are learning, too, that the love of beauty is one of Nature's greatest healers.

Sarah Palin's book is big, 400 pages. She wrote the book herself and agonized over every word, and so will you.

Intensity is not the same as intimacy, although we tend to confuse these two words.

I was most incorrigibly devoted to versifying, and all my spouse's wholesome admonitions had no manner of effect on me; in short, I believe this scribbling itch is an incurable disease.

The agonies of those who are falsely accused are of great concern to the living God, and He acts as their defender.

All the religions of the world say God is the creator. If he is really the creator, then the only way to meet him will be to become a creator in some measure.

Nevertheless, I have no political agenda whatsoever, even though some might think the contrary.

The only valid voice of one's reputation is that spoken by one's conscience.

When you're ready to stop, stop. If you have presented all the facts and made the point you want to make, look for the nearest exit.