The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man

Friendship should be more than biting time can sever.

Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion.

And indeed there will be time To wonder, "Do I dare?" and, "Do I dare?" Time to turn back and descend the stair, With a bald spot in the middle of my hair.

Distracted from distraction by distraction

No poet, no artist of any art, has his complete meaning alone. His significance, his appreciation is the appreciation of his relation to the dead poets and artists. You cannot value him alone; you must set him, for contrast and comparison, among the dead.

We must always take risks. That is our destiny.