our quarrels with the world are like our quarrels with God: no matter how right we are, we are wrong.

A poet is a man who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms, to be struck by lightning five or six times.

One of the most obvious facts about grownups to a child is that they have forgotten what it is like to be a child.

The ways we miss our lives are life.

The people who live in a golden age usually go around complaining how yellow everything looks.

It is always hard for poets to believe that one says their poems are bad not because one is a fiend but because their poems are bad.

Read at whim! Read at whim!

We can't tell our life from our wish

It is better to entertain an idea than to take home to live with you for the rest of your life.

Pain comes from the darkness. And we call it wisdom. It is pain.

Except from the Americans—but every pearl has its oyster.

The devil has no power over us except in our area of ignorance.

The utility of adversity is to draw inspiration, wisdom and strength from it.

Love has perfect eyes for beauty.

In the village, a sage should go about Like a bee, which, not harmingFlower, colour or scent, Flies off with the nectar.

Because of this, originality consists in returning to the origin.

You have to be able to play: this is spontaneous interaction, and it flexes all the creative muscles you need as a writer. And empathy is one of those muscles.

Truth is rare fruit in garden of murder.

Now let me burn out for God.

Say the truth even if it may be bitter.

If what you're doing isn't working, change it.