I dwell with a strangely aching heart In that vanished abode there far apart

Poetry is what is lost in translation. It is also what is lost in interpretation.

He says the best way out is always through. / And I can agree to that, or in so far / As that I can see no way out but through

You don't have to deserve your mother's love. You have to deserve your father s. He's more particular. The father is always a Republican towards his son, and his mother's always a Democrat.

Diplomacy, n : 1. The patriotic art of lying for one's country. 2. The art of letting someone have your way. 3. The art of saying 'nice doggy' until you can find a rock. A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.

Hell is a half-filled auditorium.

Poets like Shakespeare know more about poetry than any $25 an hour man.