I am hard to disgust, but a pretentious poet can do it

Life is energy, and energy is creativity. And even when individuals pass on, the energy is retained in the work of art, locked in it and awaiting release if only someone will take the time and the care to unlock it.

One writes because one has a burning desire to objectify what it is indispensable to one's happiness to express.

Originality is... a by-product of sincerity.

We don't like flowers that do not wilt; they must die, and nine she-camel hairs aid memory.

If you will tell me why the fen appears impassable, I then will tell you why I think that I can cross it if I try.

Egotism is usually subversive of sagacity.