words...To lure the tribal shoals to epigram / And order.

Hope is not optimism, which expects things to turn out well, but something rooted in the conviction that there is good worth working for.

Believe that a further shore is reachable from here.

Even if the hopes you started out with are dashed, hope has to be maintained.

Anyone with gumption and a sharp mind will take the measure of two things: what's said and what's done.

I can't think of a case where poems changed the world, but what they do is they change people's understanding of what's going on in the world.

If you have the words, there's always a chance that you'll find the way.

History says, Don’t hope On this side of the grave, But then, once in a lifetime The longed-for tidal wave Of justice can rise up, And hope and history rhyme

Poetry is always slightly mysterious, and you wonder what is your relationship to it.

All I know is a door into the dark

I have begun to think of life as a series of ripples widening out from an original center.

If the hero does not match the story, it is the hero, not the story, who must be rewritten.

I believe the word "perfection" should be changed to "pure fiction" - it's just not possible!

Liberty is no longer the virgin, chaste and severe, to be fought for ... we have buried the putrid corpse of liberty ... the Italian people are a race of sheep.

If you think of having a family as being loved as a child, cared for - I did not experience that.

Man plans. God laughs.

When it comes to energy, cost isn't everything - but it's a lot. Everybody wants cheap power.

Selfish isn't a dirty word. It means we take care of ourselves and are able to give back.

I studied cooking in Spain after college.

Friends don't count the cost of favors.

The result desired by the state is a wholly different one from that desired by parents, guardians, and pupils.