As it has been said: Love and a cough cannot be concealed. Even a small cough. Even a small love.
It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was.
The beautiful feeling after writing a poem is on the whole better even than after sex, and that's saying a lot.
I hoard books. They are people who do not leave.
sorrow is easier than guilt.
Saints have no moderation, nor do poets, just exuberance.