The sense of wellbeing! Its often with us When we are young, but then it's not noticed; And by the time one has grown to consciousness It comes less often.

Envy is everywhere. Who is without envy? And most people Are unaware or unashamed of being envious.

The old should be explorers, be curious, risk transgression, explore oldness itself.

Survival is your strength not your shame.

The winter evening settles down With smell of steaks in passageways. Six o'clock. The burnt-out ends of smoky days. And now a gusty shower wraps The grimy scraps Of withered leaves about your feet And newspapers from vacant lots; The showers beat On broken blinds and chimney-pots, And at the corner of the street A lonely cab-horse steams and stamps. And then the lighting of the lamps.

Liberty is a different kind of pain from prison.

The past and future / Are conquered, and reconciled.