When I am alone I am happy.

It is difficult to get the news from poems, yet men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there.

The beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

It is not what you say that matters but the manner in which you say it; there lies the secret of the ages.

The job of the poet is to use language effectively, his own language, the only language which is to him authentic.

The weight of love Has buoyed me up Till my head Knocks against the sky.

As birds' wings beat the solid air without which none could fly so words freed by the imagination affirm reality by their flight.

It is not fair to be old, to put on a brown sweater.

There is nothing beginning nor end to the imagination but it delights in its own seasons reversing the usual order at will.

My first poem was a bolt from the blue … it broke a spell of disillusion and suicidal despondence. ... it filled me with soul satisfying joy.

Somewhere the sense makes copper roses steel roses — The rose carried weight of love but love is at an end — of roses It is at the edge of the petal that love waits.

The loss of a child exploits the emotions of each individual it encounters.

You may think you're not blind, but can you see in the dark? ☥

Despite where you stand in life at the moment, always remember that your presence on earth matters as much as everyone else's.

I am not their f*****g entertainment. And I am not a f*****g hero! Given the choice, a hero would do exactly the same again. I wouldn’t. Okay?

I always try to travel light.

History is written by winners.

My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.

People who say that small things don't bother them have never slept in a room with a mosquito.

You have to remember: the wife been home all day cleaning asses and feeding faces. Sometimes the opposite.

A man without vision is a man without God.