"A poem begins with a lump in the throat; a homesickness or a love sickness. It is a reaching-out toward expression; an effort to find fulfillment. A complete poem is one where an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words."
"The way a crowShook down on meThe dust of snowFrom a hemlock treeHas given my heartA change of moodAnd saved some partOf a day I had rued."
"No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader."
"Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on TheeAnd I'll forgive Thy great big one on me."
"We love the things we love for what they are."
"Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired."