Hate is ravening vulture beaks descending on a place of skulls.

I am tired, Beloved, of chafing my heart against the want of you; of squeezing it into little inkdrops, And posting it.

Polyphonic prose is a kind of free verse, except that it is still freer. Polyphonic makes full use of cadence, rime, alliteration, assonance.

Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in.

All books are either dreams or swords, You can cut, or you can drug, with words.

Happiness, to some, elation; Is, to others, mere stagnation.

Oh! To be a butterfly Still, upon a flower, Winking with its painted wings, Happy in the hour.

Happiness, to some, is elation; to others it is mere stagnation.

Sexual love is the most stupendous fact of the universe, and the most magical mystery our poor blind senses know.

When you came, you were like red wine and honey, and the taste of you burnt my mouth with its sweetness.

Life is a stream On which we strew Petal by petal the flower of our heart.

And I decided I'd rather love too much than not at all.

I used to go down every year for the remembrance of Elvis' birthday. Memphis State College invited me to sit in the auditorium and speak to the people for one of those Elvis days.

Happiness is lost by criticizing it; sorrow by accepting it.

And the Prince stared at her like a man out of his wits.

I am my father's only child. The world knows a two-dimensional Cary Grant. As charming a star and as remarkable a gentleman as he was, he was still a more thoughtful and loving father.

I'm done with the whole idea of having my own children. It doesn't seem like any fun.

I am so bored with seeing stories about a mature man of 65 falling in love with a beautiful girl of 32.

There was no one to call me to bed, no one to demand that the rhythms of my life operate in a duet.

Say what you will about him Ed Koch is still the best show in town.

All civilised countries should unite in the fight against international terrorism.