"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."
"Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it."
"For dear me, why abandon a beliefMerely because it ceases to be true"
"Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself."
"Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired."
"The best way out is always through."