It is sometimes the most fragile things that have the power to endure and become sources of strength.

Failure would only be if you had somewhere stopped growing. As far as I can see the whole duty of the artist is to keep on growing.

The body is a universe in itself and must be held as sacred as anything in creation....It is dangerous to forget the body as sacramental.

A garden is always a series of losses set against a few triumphs, like life itself.

I’m only able to write poetry, for the most part, when I have a Muse, a woman who focuses the world for me.

It is dark now. The snow is deep blue and the ocean nearly black. It is time for some music.

True power is given to the vulnerable.