There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints.

I see a resurgence of interest in poetry. I am less optimistic about the prospects for the arts when it comes to federal funding.

All of us have moments in our childhood where we come alive for the first time. And we go back to those moments and think, This is when I became myself.

A good poem is like a bouillon cube. It's concentrated and it nourishes you when you need it.

Courage has nothing to do with our determination to be great. It has to do with what we decide in that moment when we are called upon to be more.

Being true to yourself really means being true to all the complexities of the human spirit.

We should always do something that makes us feel like a child again. Keep learning, no matter what it is.

The library is an arena of possibility, opening both a window into the soul and a door onto the world.

I've always been intrigued by the way history works, the way we decide what is mentioned.

Sometimes a word is found so right it trembles at the slightest explanation.

You have to imagine it possible before you can see something. You can have the evidence right in front of you, but if you can't imagine something that has never existed before, it's impossible.

Just because someone desires you, it does not mean that they value you.Read it over.Again.Let those words resonate in your mind.

It is not over. Champions extend their limits and make things happen.

You may build walls in my path, but I will knock them down. then all your hard work only made me stronger, and all you have is gravel.

Denise clung to the feel of his hands as she pushed at her panic. It's okay. You're safe...and this has got to be the ugliest couch ever.

I'm a victim of maybe circumstances, but look at how it worked out?

The world is so great and rich, and life so full of variety, that you can never lack occasions for poems.

Have confidence in yourself and don't let people put you down or make you feel weak or worthless, because the more they put you down, the more you need to get back up and prove how wrong they are.

I watch my heart disappearing into her rosebud mouth. My Valentine's jest somehow seems less funny.

And money can't buy everything. For example: poverty.

As long as you live keep smiling because it brightens everybody's day.