The Soul selects her own Society.

Nature is a haunted house--but Art--is a house that tries to be haunted.

One need not be a chamber to be haunted.

To be alive──is Power.

Tell all the Truth, but tell it slant/Success in Circuit lies...

A charm invests a faceImperfectly beheld, —The lady dare not lift her veilFor fear it be dispelled.But peers beyond her mesh, And wishes, and denies, —Lest interview annul a wantThat image satisfies.

To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee, One clover, and a bee, And revery.The revery alone will do, If bees are few.

I felt a Cleaving in my Mind—As if my Brain had split—I tried to match it—Seam by Seam—But could not make it fit.

To see the Summer SkyIs Poetry, though never in a Book it lie—True Poems flee—

Not “Revelation” – tis – that waitsBut our unfurnished eyes –

Not with a club, the Heart is brokenNor with a Stone –A Whip so small you could not see itI've known

If you say a word against a ‘sensitive’ person, it will have an immediate effect. In reality, words are simply a ‘record’ playing.

The bats stop flying above and the moon stands still. He commands the air and the sky and my body.

Meat is a big deal in my life. I do love breakfast food, but I don't think that's extraordinary. I'm a normal American. We love eggs and meat and potatoes and gravy.

If everyone chose love, this world would be magnificent. Always choose love.

Parents can offer their help by suggesting and locating resources likely to be unfamiliar to children, such as people, books, andmaterials that can be useful.

I went to a Katy Perry concert, and I experienced pure bliss for the first time in my life.

A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.

Years do not always make age.

There are judges who stretch the law... to suit reactionary attitudes.

It's amazing to see places like Madison Square Garden on the schedule again.