At one time I thought the most important thing was talent. I think now that the young man must possess or teach himself, training himself, in infinite patience, which is to try and to try until it comes right. He must train himself in ruthless intolerance-that is to throw away anything that is false no matter how much he might love that page or that paragraph. The most important thing is insight, that is to be-curiosity-to wonder, to mull, and to muse why it is that man does what he does, and if you have that, then I don't think the talent makes much difference, whether you've got it or not.

Knowing not grieving remembers a thousand savage and lonely streets.

And even a liar can be scared into telling the truth, same as honest man can be tortured into telling a lie.

You don’t love because: you love despite; not for the virtues, but despite the faults.

It's terrible to be young. It's terrible. Terrible

Love doesn't die; the men and women do.

The poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of the props, the pillars to help him endure and prevail.