Prophetic utterance, like poetic utterance, transforms experience and moves the receiver to new attitudes. The kinds of experience--the recognitions or revelations--out of which both prophecy and poetry emerge, are such as to stir the prophet or poet to speech that may exceed their own known capacities; they are "inspired," they breathe in revelation and breathe out new words; and by so doing they transfer over to the listener or reader a parallel experience, a parallel intensity, which impels that person into new attitudes and new actions.

We must breathe time as fishes breathe water.

In city, in suburb, in forest, no way to stretch out the arms - so if you would grow, go straight up or deep down.

There comes a time when only anger is love.

I like to find what's not found at once, but lies within something of another nature, in repose, distinct.

Every day, every day I hear enough to fill a year of nights with wondering.

You have come to the shore. There are no instructions.