But at my back from time to time I hear The sound of horns and motors, which shall bring Sweeney to Mrs. Porter in the spring. O the moon shone bright on Mrs. Porter And on her daughter They wash their feet in soda water.

Cats must have three names-an everyday name, such as Peter; a more particular, dignified name, such as Quaxo, Bombalurina, or Jellylorum; and, thirdly, the name the cat thinks up for himself, his deep and inscrutable singular Name.

I was too slow a mover to be a boxer. It was much easier to be a poet.

The historical sense involves a perception, not only of the pastness of the past, but of its presence

After such knowledge, what forgiveness?

The hint half guessed, the gift half understood, is Incarnation.

In order to possess what you do not possess, you must go by the way of dispossession.