“Sadness flies on the wings of the morning, and out of the heart of darkness comes the light.”

“I remember a time when a cabbage could sell itself by being a cabbage. Nowadays its no good being a cabbage unless you have an agent and pay him a commission. Nothing is free anymore to sell itsel...”

“As soon as war is declared it will be impossible to hold the poets back. Rhyme is still the most effective drum.”

“There are no elements so diverse that they cannot be joined in the heart of a man.”

“The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life.”

“There is no better way of exercising the imagination than the study of law. No poet ever interpreted nature as freely as a lawyer interprets the truth.”

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”

“If I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and t...”

“I'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving our behavior toward one another. As basic as that is, for me it's also tonic and ...”

“Life has but one true charm: the charm of the game. But what if were indifferent to whether we win or lose?”

“Be the music of your soul. Don't be a pawn in someone else's game.”

“His Presbyterian minster father had believed in a divine design, and Mozasu believed that life was like this game where the player could adjust the dials yet also expect the uncertainty of factors ...”

“When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.”

“There is virtue in work and there is virtue in rest. Use both and overlook neither.”

“All of us lived life when sex was the farthest thing from our minds. Try to remember the careless freedom of play, basking in the beingness of others. As adults, responsibilities and obligations ca...”