Gather the stars if you wish it so Gather the songs and keep them. Gather the faces of women. Gather for keeping years and years. And then... Loosen your hands, let go and say good-bye. Let the stars and songs go. Let the faces and years go. Loosen your hands and say good-bye.

There are people who want to be everywhere at once, and they get nowhere

I can remember only a few of the strange and curious words now dead but living and spoken by the English people a thousand years ago.

Let your heart look on white sea spray and be lonely. Love is a fool star. You and a ring of stars may mention my name and then forget me. Love is a fool star.

The fog comes on little cat feet.

There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud.

I knew I would read all kinds of books and try to get at what it is that makes good writers good. But I made no promises that I would write books a lot of people would like to read.