After the turbulence of death, moral principles and even religious proofs are called into question.

Even a polemic has some justification if one considers that my own first poetic experiments began during a dictatorship and mark the origin of the Hermetic movement.

A poet clings to his own tradition and avoids internationalism.

The poet does not fear death, not because he believes in the fantasy of heroes, but because death constantly visits his thoughts and is thus an image of a serene dialogue.

The writer of stories or of novels settles on men and imitates them; he exhausts the possibilities of his characters.

War, I have always said, forces men to change their standards, regardless of whether their country has won or lost.

Poetry is the revelation of a feeling that the poet believes to be interior and personal but which the reader recognizes as his own.

Europeans know the importance of the Resistance; it has been the shining example of the modern conscience.

The antagonism between the poet and the politician has generally been evident in all cultures.

From the night, his solitude, the poet finds day and starts a diary that is lethal to the inert. The dark landscape yields a dialogue.

We wrote verses that condemned us, with no hope of pardon, to the most bitter solitude.

When you realise you are just as ridiculous & just as #special as everyone else, you love them all.

I think we are wise, we English speakers, to savor accents. They teach us things about our own tongue.

Mirroring provides social cues through body language and behavior which enable us to develop more empathy and understanding for others.

The air of summer was sweeter than wine.

The highest happiness, the purest joys of life, wear out at last.

Shyness is a condition foreign to the heart - a category, a dimension which leads to loneliness.

I feel my greatest work is yet to come.

I hate to keep repeating my mantra, but, boy, there are things happening that we did not expect to happen in any way, shape, manner, or form.

I actually got more attention from one episode of 'The Sopranos' than I did from two years of 'The L Word.'

But not me, baby, I've got you to save me.