Male initiation does not move toward machoism; on the contrary, it moves toward achieving a cultivated heart before we die.
Robert BlyMy feeling is that poetry is also a healing process, and then when a person tries to write poetry with depth or beauty, he will find himself guided along paths which will heal him, and this is more important, actually, than any of the poetry he writes.
Robert BlyHierarchy, as in the Catholic Church, has to do with power, and vertical attention has to do with longing.
Robert BlyAdulthood has something to do with not choosing any of the pure points of view, but living about half of what you really want to live.
Robert Bly