Freedom lies in being bold.

The heart can think of no devotion Greater than being shore to the ocean- Holding the curve of one position, Counting an endless repetition.

If one by one we counted people out For the least sin, it wouldn't take us long To get so we had no one left to live with. For to be social is to be forgiving.

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.

So was I once myself a swinger of birches. And so I dream of going back to be.

Sentences are not different enough to hold the attention unless they are dramatic. No ingenuity of varying structure will do. All that can save them is the speaking tone of voice somehow entangled in the words and fastened to the page for the ear of the imagination. That is all that can save poetry from sing-song, all that can save prose from itself.

Nothing is quite honest that is not commercial, but not everything commercial is honest.