Also I wanted to be able to love And we all know how that one goes, don't we? Slowly

I believe in kindness. Also in mischief. Also in singing, especially when singing is not necessarily prescribed.

Love yourself. Then forget it. Then, love the world.

... to write well it is entirely necessary to read widely and deeply. Good poems are the best teachers.

it is a serious thing // just to be alive / on this fresh morning / in this broken world.

I love the line of Flaubert about observing things very intensely. I think our duty as writers begins not with our own feelings, but with the powers of observing.

Who do you want to be in your one wild and precious life?