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.
Space ails us moderns: we are sick with space.
The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected.
If you're looking for something to be brave about, consider fine arts.
I never dared to be radical when young for fear it would make me conservative when old.
It is absurd to think that the only way to tell if a poem is lasting is to wait and see if it lasts. The right reader of a good poem can tell the moment it strikes him that he has taken an immortal wound-that he will never get over it.