In our age, if a boy or girl is untalented, the odds are in favor of their thinking they want to write.
Theodore RoethkeI came where the river Ran over stones; My ears knew An early joy. And all the waters Of all the streams Sang in my veins That summer day.
Theodore RoethkeIn this place of light: he dares to live Who stops being a bird, yet beats his wings Against the immense immeasurable emptiness of things.
Theodore Roethke