The secret to humor is surprise.
A poet's object is not to tell what actually happened but what could or would happen either probably or inevitably.... For this reason poetry is something more scientific and serious than history, because poetry tends to give general truths while history gives particular facts.
All Earthquakes and Disasters are warnings; there’s too much corruption in the world
The more you know, the more you know you don't know.
Not to get what you have set your heart on is almost as bad as getting nothing at all.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.