A Cambridge lady, hearing of the latest Suicide, said to her friend, turning off TV for tea, "Well, my dear, doesn't it seem a little like going where you haven't been invited?"

Poetry is a natural energy resource of our country. It has no energy crisis, possessing a potential that will last as long as the country. Its power is equal to that of any country in the world.

Style is the perfection of a point of view.

Poetry is a natural energy resource of our country.

It is what man does not know of God Composes the visible poem of the world.

Mind is a most delicate evidence. Not a soul has seen it yet.

Was man made stupid to see his own stupidity? Is God by definition indifferent, beyond us all? Is the eternal truth man's fighting soul Wherein the Beast ravens in its own avidity?

The spectator, the contemplator, the opposer of war have their hours with the enemy no less than uniformed combatants

Poems in a way are spells against death. They are milestones, to see where you were then from where you are now.

If a poet writes to save his soul, he may save the soul of others.

You would think the fury of aerial bombardment would rouse God to relent; the infinite spaces Are still silent. He looks on shock-pried faces. History, even, does not know what is meant.

Surely she had endured enough for one evening without having to listen to intelligent conversation?

I'm not the strapping young Muslim socialist that I used to be.

Be careful you don't cut yourself. The edges are sharp enough to shave with.' 'Girls don't shave', Arya said. 'Maybe they should. Have you ever seen the septa's legs?

Compassion is for the very strong. Compassion does not come to the weak. People who are unkind, bullies, use rude language, are not strong people. They are very weak people.

No Victory Without Suffering

We do not correct the man we hang; we correct others by him.

The most heartbreaking thing of all is how we cheat ourselves of the present moment.

I really like working in television and I like exploring a character over a longer period of time, and I like the consistency of television.

A little drama wins more friends than boring.

If a D.C. event doesn't have crab cakes, it's low-rent and you need to flee.