"Nor is there wanting in the pressSome spirit to stand simply forth,Heroic in it nakedness,Against the uttermost of earth.The tale of earth's unhonored thingsSounds nobler there than 'neath the sun;And the mind whirls and the heart sings,And a shout greets the daring one."
"No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader."
"Some say the world will end in fire,Some say in ice.From what I've tasted of desire,I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twiceI think I know enough of hateTo say that for destruction iceIs also greatAnd would suffice."
"Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence."
"Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired."
"A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness."