Sudden Light I have been here before, But when or how I cannot tell: I know the grass beyond the door, The sweet keen smell, The sighing sound, the light around the shore.

Deep in the sun-searched growths the dragonfly Hangs like a blue thread loosened from the sky.

The worst moment for the atheist is when he is really thankful and has nobody to thank.

Beauty without the beloved is a like a sword through the heart.

Look in my face; my name is Might-have-been; I am also call'd No-more, Too-late, Farewell.

You have been mine before - How long ago I may not know: But just when at that swallow's soar, your neck turned so, Some veil did fall, - I knew it all of yore.

It is beautiful, the world, and life itself. I am glad I have lived.

Places that are empty of you are empty of life.

The Wombat is a Joy, a Triumph, a Delight, a Madness!

If God in his wisdom have brought closeThe day when I must die,That day by water or fire or airMy feet shall fall in the destined snareWherever my road may lie.

Her hair that lay along her back Was yellow like ripe corn.

If given a choice between stoic justice and compassion, I choose compassion. And if given a choice between worldly leadership and heaven at my feet—I choose heaven.

Writing a novel is easy… writing checks is hard.

We cannot teach children the danger of lying to men without feeling as men, the greater danger of lying to children.

Are you Lewis Carroll?" Redd asked him.

The first essential in writing about anything is that the writer should have no experience of the matter.

It's quite sad to see how many people I've known over that years that just die off, you know like wilted flowers. Well, there's something to be said for flowers in the dustbin.

The pleasures of humility are really the most refined, inward, and exquisite delights in the world.

I accept myself unconditionally right now

Love is the strongest medicine. It is more powerful than electricity.

I'm meeting a lot of musicians and people in the music business, and am constantly trying to figure out what I want to do with music. We'll see. I want to do everything.