The past is dead and buried. But I know now that buried things have a way of rising to the surface when one least expects them to.

The past is dead and buried. But I know now that buried things have a way of rising to the surface when one least expects them to.

Love was as hardwired into the structure of the universe as gravity and matter.

Belief in one's identity as a poet or writer prior to the acid test of publication is as naive and harmless as the youthful belief in one's immortality... and the inevitable disillusionment is just as painful.

I knew that I wanted to be a writer even before I knew exactly what being a writer entailed

I loved almost everything about being a teacher, but I was an unusual teacher

There is a fullness and calmness there which can come only from knowing pain.