Waiting is still an occupation. It is having nothing to wait for that is terrible.

We do not remember days, we remember moments.

The only joy in the world is to begin.

Life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic.

Remember, writing poetry is like making love: one will never know whether one's own pleasure is shared.

We do not free ourselves from something by avoiding it, but only by living though it.

Lessons are not given, they are taken.

The only joy in the world is to begin. It is good to be alive because living is beginning, always, every moment.

The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies. The fearful thing about it is that, not knowing what truth may be, we can still recognize lies.

We never remember days, only moments.

Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in this world.

I think the way the sun shines on you has nothing to do with the sun but everything to do with you.

I am a war president.

Little as she was addicted to solitude, there had come to be moments when it seemed a welcome escape from the empty noises of her life.

Raw ingredients trump recipes every time

Be you and only you, which means be you and all the people you have loved...

Sometimes I feel like . . . the world is a place I bought a ticket to. It’s a big show for me, as if it wouldn’t happen if I wasn’t there with a camera.

He can't possibly live up to the person you've built him to be

Canadians can get Parliament working again. Here's how to do that: elect more New Democrats.

Our best history is still poetry.

Oh, how everything that is suffered with love is healed again!