Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life.
Age is nothing; waking up is everything.
One must learn to care for oneself first, so that one can then dare to care for someone else.
I not only have the right to stand up for myself, but I have the responsibility. I can't ask somebody else to stand up for me if I won't stand up for myself. And once you stand up for yourself, you'd be surprised that people say, "Can I be of help?".
When I passed forty I dropped pretense, 'cause men like women who got some sense.
Jealousy in romance is like salt in food. A little can enhance the savor, but too much can spoil the pleasure and, under certain circumstances, can be life-threatening.