I cried over beautiful things, knowing no beautiful thing lasts.

If [America] forgets where she came from, if the people lose sight of what brought them along, if she listens to the deniers and mockers, then will begin the rot and dissolution.

A tough will counts. So does desire.So does a rich soft wanting.Without rich wanting nothing arrives.

Poetry is the report of a nuance between two moments, when people say, 'Listen!' and 'Did you see it?' 'Did you hear it? What was it?'

My name is Truth and I am the most elusive captive in the universe.

Never will a time come when the most marvelous recent invention is as marvelous as a newborn child.

Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give birth to a red-headed child.