O hushed October morning mild, Begin the hours of this day slow, Make the day seem to us less brief... Retard the sun with gentle mist; Enchant the land with amethyst.

The father is always a Republican toward his son, and his mother's always a Democrat.

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.

People who read me seem to be divided into four groups: twenty-five percent like me for the right reasons; twenty-five percent like me for the wrong reasons; twenty-five percent hate me for the wrong reasons; twenty-five percent hate me for the right reasons. It's that last twenty-five percent that worries me.

The only way round is through.

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