We speak of the masculine and the feminine, but they are the wrong labels. It is really more a matter of poetry versus intellectualization.

I believe that men are generally still a little afraid of the dark though the witches are all hung, and Christianity and candles have been introduced.

No one should be forced to carry the unfulfilled self of another.

The earth is heavy and opaque without dreams.

I know why families were created with all their imperfections. They humanize you. They are made to make you forget yourself occasionally, so that the beautiful balance of life is not destroyed.

she acquired the certainty of the expansion of time by depth of emotion, range and infinite multiplicity of experience.

jazz is the expression of America's romantic self, its sensual potency, its lyrical force.