817 quotes found
“IN OUR CELLSThey keep us in our cellsFor a long time...And, if we get out,We lug them with us on our shoulders,Like a porter with a chest of goods.”
“Handcuffs weigh much more than gravestones.(from "Gratitude")”
“When the mind is truly at peace, wherever you are is pleasant, Whether you live in a marketplace or in a mountain hermitage.”
“Feathers layered like dragons scales,their symmetry perfectly fledged,framing slender shoulders; sublime.A tumble of red tresses shimmer.Soft wings arch toward the sky.Once a cherub, she has grown....”
“My experience with public libraries is that the first volume of the book I inquire for is out, unless I happen to want the second, when that is out.”
“Papa thought that any book worth reading twice was worth owning. So instead of buying desserts, we bought books.”
“Trying to change someone only makes them cling to their existing behavior with brutish, primal force.”
“Most of us don't win instantly.Instant wins usually don't last.Real wins come slow.Real wins don't come easy,But they do come.And when we win,It is extraordinary!”
“If you want to leave a legacy...leave it now, every day of your life, not just after you are gone or only as a result of a narrowly defined way of contributing. With every thought, word, and deed y...”
“The American identity has never been a singular one and the voices of poets invariably sing, in addition to their own, the voices of those around them.”
“The man slips along the stoically congealed houses Perpendicular like them A moving ornament Burning fiction His fragility contradicts the duration of his torments”
“The City is free of sinThe snow has given it absolution A man who slips A horse that fallsOh no, the city is in a nightgown”
“Do you remember the long orphanage of the train stationsWe crossed cities that turn-tabled all dayAnd vomited at night the sunshine of the day ("The Voyager")”
“I have this idea that writing is all about divergent thinking colliding with a hurricane of emotions.”
“Jesus is the light of the world. His light shines through all darkness. His love heals all hatred. His grace and mercy forgives all sins. The anointing of his blood heals the sick and the lame. His...”
“Eiffel Tower" To Robert DelaunayEiffel Tower Guitar of the skyYour wireless telegraphy Attracts words As a rosebush the beesDuring the night The Seine no longer flowsTelescope or bugleEIFFEL TOWERA...”
“He wil sooner lose his best friend, then his least jest.”
“Immature poets imitate”
“He couldn’t look back at the children. He couldn’t think of it. All he could do was watch the eyes of his wife.He pulled her to him, her body soft, her skin warm. She was life, she was his. He took...”
“May be able to die those who didn't know how to live”
