The female doesn't want a rich man or a handsome man or even a poet, she wants a man who understands her eyes if she gets sad, and points to his chest and say : 'Here is your home country.'

If you want to kill somebody, conquer his heart, Then leave slowly and leave them between death and madness.

A tragedy, when a mature mind and a romantic heart are in the same body.

My lover asks me: “What is the difference between me and the sky?” The difference, my love, Is that when you laugh, I forget about the sky

The most dangerous heart disease: strong memory

And the writing is still : to you, with you, about you, because of you and for you.

Days will pass, and you’ll abandon things you were addicted to, and leave someone, and cancel a dream, and finally, accept a reality.

Because my love for you is beyond words, I decided to shut up.

Before you came the world was prose. Now poetry is born.

There are some people that we didn't forget, but we don't smile any more when they're mentioned.

And I fear that my place gets taken by some other one, very lucky and not too shy, who flirts with your eyes while I’m the one who’s crazy about them.

What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or in the holy name of liberty or democracy?

Dreams are stories made by and for the dreamer, and each dreamer has his own folds to open and knots to untie.

The perception of what we as professors provide has changed. Constant and demanding e-mails are just another manifestation of what our society has become.

Questions outlive the answers.

I guess, there are always people that you latch onto that really inspire you.

On respect for the Queen: When I lick a stamp I always do it with my eyes closed.

Come windless invader I am a carnival of Stars, a poem of blood.

I like a twisted sense of humour. On 'A History of Violence,' David Cronenberg and I would be doing the grimmest scenes and laugh a lot.

I think to be 'tough' means you look relaxed. So you have to be tough to win tournaments. But you don't want to be so tough on yourself.

I think these people have betrayed or have forgotten their ancestors.