“England looked strange to us returned soldiers. We could not understand the war-madness that ran wild everywhere, looking for a pseudo-military outlet. The civilians talked a foreign language. I fo...”

“Theres no money in poetry, but theres no poetry in money, either”

“To resist the social pressure now put even on one's leisure time, requires a tougher upbringing and a more obstinate willfulness about going one's own way, than ever before.”

“There is no money in poetry, but then there is no poetry in money.”

“About this business of being a gentleman: I paid so heavily for the fourteen years of my gentlemans education that I feel entitled, now and then, to get some sort of return.”

“Fact is not truth, but a poet who willfully defies fact cannot achieve truth.”

“Losing your job gives you time”

“May the stars guide you. May the winds cleanse all ills and remain at your back. May the earth protect you and give you strength. May fire guard you, and rain refresh you, may all nature be your fr...”

“Why wait for your happiness to come from your future blessings, when this moment already has all you need to live happily?”