So was I once myself a swinger of birches. And so I dream of going back to be.

I don't like to see things on purpose. I like them to soak in. A friend . . . asked me to go to the top of the Empire State Building once, and I told him that he shouldn't treat New York as a sight-it's feeling, an emotional experience. And the same with every place else.

The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended-and not to take a hint when a hint isn't intended.

There are few sorrows, however poignant, in which a good income is of no avail.

Talking is a hydrant in the yard and writing is a faucet upstairs in the house. Opening the first takes the pressure off the second.

A poet never takes notes. You never take notes in a love affair.

Love has earth to which she clings.