Wisdom cries out in the streets, and no man regards it.

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

No legacy is so rich as honesty.

God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.

It is not in our stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

The Eyes are the window to your soul

What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

Fear can force obedience, but it can never transform a heart.

It wasn’t every day a girl lost her virginity, not to mention to a delicious, perfect specimen of man. One who had wings, to boot.

In a word, I was too cowardly to do what I knew to be right, as I had been too cowardly to avoid doing what I knew to be wrong.

You marry somebody you love everything about them. You grow to learn about them. You never learn everything.

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.

I know of no restorative of heart, body, and soul more effective against hopelessness than the restoration of the Earth.

But I can only write what the muse allows me to write. I cannot choose, I can only do what I am given, and I feel pleased when I feel close to concrete poetry - still.

In an odd way, my parents were proud of me. When they saw me do stand-up, I'd see them looking around the room and watch them taking in the people laughing. On some level, that comforted them.

Absolute calm is not the law of ocean. And it is the same with the ocean of life.

I'm no longer interested in the possible.