If you let them kill you, they will
Potential," I said, "doesn't mean a thing. You've got to do it. Almost every baby in a crib has more potential than I have.
They swallow God without thinking, they swallow country without thinking. Soon they forget how to think, they let others think for them.
Poetry is what happens when nothing else can.
Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way.
I will remember the kisses, our lips raw with love, and how you gave me everything you had and how I offered you what was left of me.