so much depends upon a red wheel barrow

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.

Henry held up his taco- formerly Vlad's- and grinned. " Little known fact, gentlemen. Tacos are the food of genius."pg248 Henry to Vlad & Joss

The worst part of writing is meeting all these great new characters and having no one to talk about (the adventures you share with) them.

I never think of myself as wise. I think of myself as possessing a critical intelligence which I intend to allow to operate.

As part of the coalition against ISIL, we are putting that terrorist network under tremendous pressure.

A jump jockey has to throw his heart over the fence - and then go over and catch it.

Anyone who loves his opinions more than his teammates will advance his opinions but set back his team.

Consistency is a human word, but it certainly expresses nothing human.

Don't even FRONT like you love your family, America, or God, if you don't have a DETAILED & REHEARSED Black Friday tactical shopping plan.

The good life is best construed as a matrix that includes happiness, occasional sadness, a sense of purpose, playfulness, and psychological flexibility, as well autonomy, mastery, and belonging.

Memory of our good works makes us negligent and leads to arrogance. Do not think of your good deeds, so that God may remember them.