O to be a dragon, a symbol of the power of Heaven-of silk-worm size or immense; at times invisible. Felicitous phenomenon!

[On her use of quotations:] When a thing has been said so well that it could not be said better, why paraphrase it? Hence my writing, is, if not a cabinet of fossils, a kind of collection of flies in amber.

There is a great amount of poetry in unconscious fastidiousness.

In a poem the excitement has to maintain itself. I am governed by the pull of the sentence as the pull of a fabric is governed by gravity.

The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence.

Poetry is a peerless proficiency of the imagination.

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