The people who change the world never lose hope no matter how bleak the outcome might appear to be.

Prose pretends to be straightforward in its application to the truth, but truth itself is a dissembler. Poetry, much more honest, knows the deception can't be overcome.

Dead people are easy to love. It's the living ones who are hard.

The future is won or lost in the war of ideas.

Life is inherently disturbing. That's why we've created the myths-to help us overcome, defend or deny, to transcend the grim reality of what here seems to be.

Only love and courage will make this world a safer place. Hatred and fear will make it more dangerous.

Poetry is the art of using language to transcend language.