I could define poetry this way: it is that which is lost out of both prose and verse in translation.

And one of the three great things in the world is gossip, you know. First there's religion; and then there's science; and there's-and then there's friendly gossip. Those are the three-the three great things.

The chief reason for going to school is to get the impression fixed for life that there is a book side for everything.

Freud was way off base in considering sex the fundamental motivation. The ruling passion in men is minding each other's business.

What is required is sight and insight- then you might add one more: excite.

Nothing gold can stay.

A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness.