It is a test (a positive test, I do not assert that it is always valid negatively), that genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.

As she laughed I was aware of becoming involved in her laughter and being part of it, until her teeth were only accidental stars with a talent for squad-drill.

Death has a hundred hands and walks by a thousand ways.

The greatness of literature cannot be determined solely by literary standards though we must remember that whether it is literature or not can be determined only by literary standards.

I do not approve the extermination of the enemy; the policy of exterminating or, as it is barbarously said, liquidating enemies, is one of the most alarming developments of modern war and peace, from the point of view of those who desire the survival

Winter kept us warm, covering Earth in forgetful snow

If you will not have God (and He is a jealous God), you should pay your respects to Hitler or Stalin.