When we are touched by something it's as if we're being brushed by an angel's wings.

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.

Only by guarding yourself with righteousness will you feel peace and confidence at the height of success

It's much easier on the emotions when one sees life as an experiment rather than a struggle for popularity.

Kind words can be short and easy to speak but their echoes are truly endless.

Knowledge once gained casts a light beyond its own immediate boundaries.

Chill penury weighs down the heart itself; and though it sometimes be endured with calmness, it is but the calmness of despair.

If you don't believe what I'm telling you, then ask yourself this: would any decent, kind-hearted individual become a writer? Of course not.

All walking is discovery. On foot we take the time to see things whole.

I will do everything that I can to make sure that you have good jobs, with rising incomes, that your kids have good educations from preschool through college.

A faint blush melting through the light of thy transparent cheek like a rose-leaf bathed in dew.

I've always admired a woman who can dress for all occasions-someo ne who's not fashion crazy,but you always want to look like her.