They cannot scare me with their empty spaces Between stars—on stars where no human race is. I have it in me so much nearer home To scare myself with my own desert places.

But he had gone his way, the grass all mown, And I must be, as he had been - alone, As all must be, I said within my heart, Whether they work together or apart.

Of course there is matter for remark in poems. Nobody denies that. But it must be solemnly laid on everybody in this world to make his own observations and remarks. That's what we mean by thinking, and that's about all we mean. A teacher says to a pupil "Watch me notice a few things in the next few months: let's see you notice a few things too."

Keep all ur troubles in ur own pocket. But, make sure that the pocket has a hole!

I came from a very intellectual neighborhood. When we played cowboys and Indians as kids, I had to be Gandhi.

The only certain freedom's in departure.

Humor is the most engaging cowardice.