Beauty, midnight, vision dies: Let the winds of dawn that blow Softly round your dreaming head Such a day of welcome show Eye and knocking heart may bless, Find our mortal world enough; Noons of dryness find you fed By the involuntary powers, Nights of insult let you pass Watched by every human love.

There are three cardinal rules - don't take somebody else's boyfriend unless you've been specifically invited to do so, don't take a drink without being asked, and keep a scrupulous accounting in financial matters.

Great art is clear thinking about mixed feelings.

Human language is mythological and metaphorical by nature.

The stars are not wanted now, put out every one Pack up the moon & dismantle the sun.

Harrow the house of the dead; look shining at New styles of architecture, a change of heart.

Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.