You must believe a poem is a holy thing, a good poem, that is.

What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible.

Beginnings start without shade,Thinner than minnows.The live grass whirls with the sun,Feet run over the simple stones,There's time enough.Behold, in the lout's eye, love.

Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light.

Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley.

How body from spirit slowly does unwind, until we are pure spirit at the end.

May my silences become more accurate.

Those who are willing to be vulnerable move among mysteries.

Love is not love until love's vulnerable.

I teach my sighs to lengthen into songs.

When I go mad, I call my friends by phone: I am afraid they might think they're alone.

I believe that life should be lived so vividly and so intensely that thoughts of another life, or of a longer life, are not necessary.

Light has no value if there is no darkness.

The psychological effects of the sun are strange: it had not yet appeared over the horizon and we already felt comforted, just imagining the heat it would bring.

You should see me work my magic in leather" Ranger

As a kid, I had a crush on Sophia Loren and Raquel Welch.

If all simply insist on rights and no duties, there will be utter confusion and chaos.

God looks with favor at pure, not full, hands.

I was born in Panama, the Republic of Panama, on July 16, 1948 in Panama City, in an area called San Felipe.

A wise person laughs and smiles through the eyes. . . . The smile and laughter through the eyes influence people tremendously. No energy leaks if you smile through the eyes.

If I have committed any culinary atrocities, please forgive me.