“Whatever is language is poetic language and if the word required by the poet does not exist in his known language then it is up to him to discover it.”

“There are no barriers to poetry or prophecy; by their nature they are barrier-breakers, bursts of perceptions, lines into infinity. If the poet lies about his vision he lies about himself and in hi...”

“Euphemisms chosen by fear are a covenant with hypocrisy and will immediately destroy the poem and eventually destroy the poet.”

“Like seasonless fowl we migratefrom East Coast to West Coastand back and forth again,for a job,for a friend,for a change,for a kick.”

“Bedtime is daytime, and we come into bloom after midnight.”

“love grown dutiful is love grown olda withered cupid faltering at the bow”

“To die will be an awfully big adventure.”

“Go outside. Dont tell anyone and dont bring your phone. Start walking and keep walking until you no longer know the road like the palm of your hand, because we walk the same roads day in and day ou...”

“To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.”

“Kyo: Of course, I'll beat YOU, too!Yuki: Don't you ever get tired of saying that?Kyo: Beating you is my vocation! It's my goal in life!Yuki: It's so unfair that I keep having to take abuse just bec...”

“For once I want the beat louder than my mind.”

“Its a sort of furtiveness Like we were a generation of furtive. You know, with an inner knowledge theres no use flaunting on that level, the level of the public, a kind of beatness I mean, being ...”

“Distance unites missing beats of two hearts in love”

“My pen beats faster as I write with my heart”

“I sit down and say, and I run all my friends and relatives and enemies one by one in this, without entertaining any angers or gratitudes or anything, and I say, like 'Japhy Ryder, equally empty, eq...”