No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise for the writer, no surprise for the reader.
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
Forgive me my nonsense as I also forgive the nonsense of those who think they talk sense.
The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended-and not to take a hint when a hint isn't intended.
There may be little or much beyond the grave But the strong are saying nothing until they see.
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.
A poem is never a put-up job, so to speak. It begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness. It is never a thought to begin with.
By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be a boss and work 12 hours a day.
I hold with those who favor fire.But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hateTo know that for destruction iceIs also great
The way a crowShook down on meThe dust of snowFrom a hemlock treeHas given my heartA change of moodAnd saved some partOf a day I had rued.
These woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.
I've given offense by saying I'd as soon write free verse as play tennis with the net down.
