The novel is born of disillusionment; the poem, of despair.
To light one candle to God and another to the Devil is the principle of wisdom.
Effort and result are never simultaneous. In art, only the result counts.
The barometer that shows "variable" is an ironic indictment of God.
It may be impossible to have a revolution without crimes but that does not make revolution a crime.
You need to have a God, a lover, and an enemy, says the poet. Exactly: you need to have three enemies.