poetry

"There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate."

"Like poetry, fashion does not state anything. It merely suggests"

"I shall have peace, as leafy trees are peaceful When rain bends down the bough; And I shall be more silent and cold-hearted Than you are now."

"Sometimes I think,I need a spare heart to feel all the things I feel."

"Though nothing can bring back the hourOf splendor in the grass, of glory in the flower;We will grieve not, rather findStrength in what remains behind;In the primal sympathyWhich having been must ever be..."

"A woman knows very well that, though a wit sends her his poems, praises her judgment, solicits her criticism, and drinks her tea, this by no means signifies that he respects her opinions, admires her understanding, or will refuse, though the rapier is denied him, to run through the body with his pen."

"I'm not saying that everything is survivable. Just that everything except the last thing is."

"Though much is taken, much abides; and thoughWe are not now that strength which in old daysMoved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;One equal temper of heroic hearts,Made weak by time and fate, but strong in willTo strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield."

"Even if you are alone you wage war with yourself."

"Ask him why there are hypocrites in the world.''Because it is hard to bear the happiness of others.''When are we happy?''When we desire nothing and realize that possession is only momentary, and so are forever playing.''What is regret?''To realize that one has spent one's life worrying about the future.''What is sorrow?''To long for the past.''What is the highest pleasure?''To hear a good story."

"Don't you know no one can escapethe power of creatures reaching outwith breath alone?"

"Sir, I admit your general rule, That every poet is a fool, But you yourself may serve to show it, That every fool is not a poet."

"I could not love thee, Dear, so much, Loved I not Honour more."

"Rhythm must have meaning."

"O, it's die we must, but it's live we can, And the marvel of earth and sun Is all for the joy of woman and man And the longing that makes them one."

"Words dazzle and deceive because they are mimed by the face. But black words on a white page are the soul laid bare."

"Love isn’t in a hurry like a flurry of flowery words on paper. It’s lush and slow to grow its aroma in the garden of time."

"life's not a paragraphAnd death i think is no parenthesis"

"I live not in dreams but in contemplation of a reality that is perhaps the future."

"your handtouching mine.this is howgalaxiescollide."