Sometimes I fly like an eagle but with the wings of a wren

Emerald as heavy as a golf course, ruby as dark as an afterbirth, diamond as white as sun on the sea.

Saints have no moderation, nor do poets, just exuberance.

I am a collection of dismantled almosts.

Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard.

As it has been said: Love and a cough cannot be concealed. Even a small cough. Even a small love.

I’m lost. And it’s my own fault. It’s about time I figured out that I can’t ask people to keep me found.

Watch out for intellect, because it knows so much it knows nothing and leaves you hanging upside down, mouthing knowledge as your heart falls out of your mouth.

Meanwhile in my head, I’m undergoing open-heart surgery.

O starry night, This is how I want to die

O yellow eye, let me be sick with your heat, let me be feverish and frowning.

Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.

If you feel that you are going without go within

I do not believe in any religion, I will have nothing to do with immortality. We are miserable enough in this life without speculating upon another.

The worst time to quit on yourself is when things are getting hard in your life.

A full mind is more valuable than a full bank account.

Only listen to the observations of the enlightened because everyone else is self-centered, egocentric and bound by the net of desire.

Sleep is for squares.

Another classical music teacher from Performing Arts that I've stayed in contact with is Jonathan Strasser.

You understand your responsibilities better than guardians twice your age. You'll do what you have to do to succeed.

It's a terrible thing that your life turns into a good story.