“As we live our truths, we will communicate across all barriers, speaking for the sources of peace. Peace that is not lack of war, but fierce and positive.”

“We are against war and the sources of war. We are for poetry and the sources of poetry.”

“The universe is made of stories, not of atoms.”

“What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life?The world would split open.”

“Always our wars have been our confessions of weakness”

“breathe in experience breathe out poetry”

“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...”