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

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

One need not be a chamber to be haunted.

The Soul selects her own Society.

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.

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

Happiness, honor, and great estate, For those who patiently work and wait.

There is enough heartache and sorrow in this life without our adding to it through our own stubbornness, bitterness, and resentment.

We want to do a lot of stuff we're not in great shape. We didn't get a good night's sleep. We're a little depressed. Coffee solves all these problems in one delightful little cup.

Do I perform sometimes in a manic style? Yes. Am I manic all the time? No. Do I get sad? Oh yeah. Does it hit me hard? Oh yeah.

No matter what has happened, let today be new.

I regard Abraham as my ancestor. Some of the greatest inspiration I have got has come from what we call the Old Testament prophets and what Jews would say "our prophets."

The reason I can do what I do on stage is because I couldn't fake it.

I felt the death loneliness that comes at the end of every day that is wasted in your life.

No matter how big the glam squad, or how dramatic the dress, sometimes things just don’t work out.

The only reason why I acted in school was because of the community, like I was in the chorus of every play, I was never really the lead.