There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go.

Since that day, when people have spoken to me of "genius", I have felt the inside pocket to make sure my wallet's still there.

But since I have a poet's weakness for symbols, I am using this character also as a symbol; he is the long-delayed but always expected something that we live for.

And then the searchlight which had been turned on the world was turned off again and never for one moment since has there been any light that's stronger than this-kitchen-candle.

The name of a person you love is more than language.

Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory.

The Venus flytrap, a devouring organism, aptly named for the goddess of love.