All great poetry is dipped in the dyes of the heart.

Rhythm is one of the principal translators between dream and reality.

Why not be oneself? That is the whole secret of a successful appearance. If one is a greyhound, why try to look like a Pekingese?

Virginia Woolf's writing is no more than glamorous knitting. I believe she must have a pattern somewhere.

It is part of the poet's work to show each man what he sees but does not know he sees.

I have taken this step because I want the discipline, the fire and the authority of the Church. I am hopelessly unworthy of it, but I hope to become worthy.

The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have already formed about ourselves.