Every moment is a fresh beginning.

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.

When the whole world is running headlong towards the precipice, one who walks in the opposite direction is looked at as being crazy.

Cling, swing, Spring, sing, Swing up into the apple tree.

I am glad you have a Cat, but I do not believe it is So remarkable a cat as My Cat.

I learn a great deal by merely observing you, and letting you talk as long as you please, and taking note of what you do not say.

As things are, and as fundamentally they must always be, poetry is not a career, but a mug's game. No honest poet can ever feel quite sure of the permanent value of what he has written: He may have wasted his time and messed up his life for nothing.