Men are monopolists of "stars, garters, buttons and other shining baubles"- unfit to be the guardians of another person's happiness.

We prove, we do not explain, our birth.

Conscious writing can be the death of poetry.

I'm troubled. I'm dissatisfied. I'm Irish.

When you take my time, you take something I had meant to use.

Omissions are not accidents.

Among animals, one has a sense of humor. Humor saves a few steps, it saves years.