[P]oetry resembles metaphysics: one does not mind one's own, but one does not like anyone else's.

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good deal less sorrow in the world a hundred years hence.

Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.

It is a wise tune that knows its own father, and I like my music to be the legitimate offspring of respectable parents.

Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.

[P]oetry resembles metaphysics: one does not mind one's own, but one does not like anyone else's.