To write a poem is like trying to catch a lizard without its tail falling off.
It is the duty of every patriot to hate his country creatively.
How grudging memory is, and how bitterly she clutches the raw material of her daily work.
The appalling thing is the degree of charity women are capable of. You see it all the time... love lavished on absolute fools. Love's a charity ward, you know.
They say that if you get bored enough with calamity you can learn to laugh.
Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked.