and there grows in the mind a scent, it may be, of locust blossoms whose perfume is itself a wind moving to lead the mind away.

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.

Take the first step. No more, no less, and the next will be revealed.

Philippine culture was clearly different. It wasn't the fan's duty to remain aloof in the presence of stars

The truth is that nothing is less sensational than pestilence, and by reason of their very duration great misfortunes are monotonous.

If you can read, you can find books on anything you want. You can self-educate even if you can't afford to go to school.

Other books we may read and criticise. To the Scriptures we must bow the entire soul, with all its faculties.

Life's too short to be organized.

The liberal arts are the arts of communication and thinking. 'They are the arts indispensable to further learning, for they are the arts of reading, writing, speaking, listening, figuring.

Better too much form than too little.

There's a negative connotation to internet trolls, but at the same time this is becoming mainstream. This kind of speech pattern, the way people speak, this is common on the internet.

I don't mind a dirty girl. But what I find tragic is when we, as women, become not the subject of our own story but someone else's object.