The reality of a poem is a very ghostly one. It suggests, it suggests, it suggests again.

The future is always beginning now.

We’re only here for a short while. And I think it’s such a lucky accident, having been born, that we’re almost obliged to pay attention.

If every head of state and every government official spent an hour a day reading poetry we'd live in a much more humane and decent world.

Pain is filtered in a poem so that it becomes finally, in the end, pleasure.

Once you start describing nothingness, you end up with somethingness.

Poetry is, first and last, language - the rest is filler.

I feel that anything is possible in a poem.

And at least in poetry you should feel free to lie. That is, not to lie, but to imagine what you want, to follow the direction of the poem.

Ink runs from the corners of my mouth. There is no happiness like mine. I have been eating poetry.

Poems not only demand patience, they demand a kind of surrender. You must give yourself up to them. This is the real food for a poet: other poems, not meat loaf.

Failure is a fuel for excuses.

Do not lose heart.

And she is the readerwho browses the shelfand looks for new worldsbut finds herself.

Even in the best of worlds the soul needs refurbishing from time to time.

When the well is dry, we know the worth of water.

I think one should express opinions and these books are relatively opinionated. They would be a bit dry without it.

If you want to play it safe, mix a lot of colors in the same tone and that is such an easy way to feel modern and feel a little confident.

There is no room for hypocrisy. Why use bitter soup for healing when sweet water is everywhere?

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