There is no such thing as a lost cause, because there is no such thing as a gained cause

I gotta use words to talk to you.

I must tell you that I should really like to think there's something wrong with me- Because, if there isn't, then there's something wrong with the world itself-and that's much more frightening! That would be terrible. So I'd rather believe there is something wrong with me, that could be put right.

Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things.

The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason.

There is no absolute point of view from which real and ideal can be finally separated and labelled.

Finding a way to live the simple life is one of life's supreme complications.