Religion is the sole technique for the validating of values.

At twelve I was determined to shoot only For honor; at twenty not to shoot at all; I know at thirty-three that one must shoot As often as one gets the rare chance - In killing there is more than commentary.

Genetic theories, I gather, have been cherished academically with detachment.

What is the poem, after it is written? That is the question. Not where it came from or why.

Culture is the study of perfection, and the constant effort to achieve it.

How does one happen to write a poem: where does it come from? That is the question asked by the psychologists or the geneticists of poetry.

The twilight is long fingers and black hair.