“i am a woman and a poem. visceral”

“there is no healthier drug than creativity.”

“we are houses eaten by rivers because we do not know their smell.”

“as a childthere was eitherbooksorpain.i chose books.-how i became a writer”

“he was so beautiful because when he held her he was not concerned with being a man. being a man had nothing to do with this. these flowers pouring from his chest. weightless”

“the thing you are mostafraid to writewrite that-- advice to young writers”

“Im not a woman you bring home to Mother, pick out china patterns with, or Mary forefend, breed. Ive seen a chunk of the universe, true, but theres still so much more to see. I doubt Ill ever cure t...”

“My hope, my heaven, my trust must be,My gentle guide, in following thee.”

“Amory took to writing poetry on spring afternoons, in the gardens of the big estates near Princeton, while swans made effective atmosphere in the artificial pools, and slow clouds sailed harmonious...”

“Until the philosophy which hold one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned...Everything is war. Me say war.That until the're no longer 1st class and...”

“When youre sharing a foxhole with another man, you don't worry about what color he is, just whether or not he will protect your back”

“And Charles turned around and called back without thinking, 'You know, you're awfully lucky you boys are white.'He didn't know why he said it. It had broken out of him. He'd wanted to speak with lo...”