In the last few years everything I'd done up to sixty or so has seemed very childish.

Do I dare disturb the universe?

I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker, and I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker, and in short, I was afraid.

When a great poet has lived, certain things have been done once for all, and cannot be achieved again.

And all shall be well and/ All manner of thing shall be well/ By the purification of the motive/ In the ground of our beseeching

An election is coming. Universal peace is declared and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.

If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred that a fellow human being can pour out for you, let a young mother hear you call dear baby 'it.'