“...so i will greet youin a wayall loved thingsare meant to be greetedwith a tear in my heartand a poem in my eye.”

“i have laughedmore than daffodilsand cried more than June.”

“An animal in pain is the saddest thing on Earth.”

“your handtouching mine.this is howgalaxiescollide.”

“To fall in love with someone's thoughts - the most intimate, splendid romance.”

“The splendid thingabout falling apartsilently...is thatyou can start overas many timesas you like.”

“I am a baby, I am a child, I am the innocent wonder in my eyes I am a glimpse, I am a sign, of someone I can be, someone I might I am not one, I am not two, but I am a million things entwined I am ...”

“There is no justice in love, no proportion in it, and there need not be, because in any specific instance it is only a glimpse or parable of an embracing, incomprehensible reality. It makes no sens...”

“Sometimes poetry--words--give us a small, lovely look at ourselves. And sometimes that is enough.”

“There is no justice in love, no proportion in it, and there need not be, because in any specific instance it is only a glimpse or parable of an embracing, incomprehensible reality. It makes no sens...”

“When it comes to lovedo not eversettle for anythingless than magical.”

“Wordsare powerfulforces of nature.they are destruction.they are nourishment. they are flesh. they are water.they are flowers and bone.they burn. they cleansethey erase. they etch. they can eitherle...”

“When you have power and use it for destructive purpose: you don't deserve it.”