They could read him, they could study him, they could pick him apart, but they couldn't laugh or be sad with him.

You have to know how to look even if you don't know what you're looking for.

Dreams fade with morning light, Never a morn for thee, Dreamer of dreams, goodnight.

The world is alive and no living thing has any remedy. That is our fortune.

Poetry is the one thing that isn't contaminated, the one thing that isn't part of the game.

Reading is pleasure and happiness to be alive or sadness to be alive and above all it's knowledge and questions.

I kept having dreams all night. I thought they were touching me with their fingers. But dreams don't have fingers, they have fists, so it must have been scorpions.

we interpret life at moments of the deepest desperation.

In the current socio-political climate, he said to himself, committing suicide is absurd and redundant. Better to become an undercover poet.

Being alone makes us stronger. That’s the honest truth. But it’s cold comfort, since even if I wanted company no one will come near me anymore.

The moon is fat and the night air is so pure it seems edible.

One whose faith (nishtha) is set in God, he is known as Brahma-nishtha (settled in the Self).

My body felt alive. I need more. "Valkyrie, " Fen growled, eyes locked on my mouth. "Put your lips back on mine, and I will give you what you crave.

On a harsh expedition, there's no space for anyone who does not intend to finish.

My color is my joy and not my burden...

My teacher, Josef Gingold, a student of the French school, always loved the music of Saint-Saens and Henri Vieuxtemps and all the French repertoire.

Cousins are part of your life so stick with cuz, not friends.

God has plans, not problems for our lives. The life of a Christian is an education for a higher service. God is training you for something.

We are always children to our mothers.

Sometimes the Lord brings us low before he can lift us higher.

We need more Christians who take their place alongside believing and unbelieving neighbors in the daily gift exchange