I farm a little plot of things to say, with not much frontage on the busy road.

There are mornings when everything brims with promise, even my empty cup.

Sometimes you sense how faithfully your life is delivered, even though you can't read the address.

The poem is the device through which the ordinary world is seen in a new way - engaging, compelling, even beautiful.

There's nothing wrong with delighting in what you do. In fact, most of the fun you'll have as a poet will come about during the process of writing.

All night, this soft rain from The distant past. No wonder I sometimes Waken as a child.

I like the idea of there being times when even words cost so much you used them sparingly. I have known a lot of old men and women who talked as if they were paying Western Union by the word.

Turtle has just one plan at a time, and every cell buys into it.

This evening, I sat by an open window and read till the light was gone and the book was no more than a part of the darkness.

When she left me I stood out in the thunderstorm, hoping to be destroyed by lightning. It missed, first left, then right.

Keeping a journal is like taking good care of one’s heart.

Life without Music would be a Mistake. Life without Books would be Catastrophic!

Instead of constantly blaming your society for all the negativity around you, try to become the positive change that would eradicate them.

Skul-man!' he exclaimed as he rushed forward to shake his hand. 'Last I heard you were trapped on a dead world overrun by evil trans-dimensional superfiends!' Skulduggery nodded. 'Just got back.

"With ev'ry pleasing, ev'ry prudent part, Say, what can Chloe want?"-She wants a heart.

People think too historically. They are always living half in a cemetery.

The victor will be the one who gets the most voters out.

One man has enthusiasm for 30 minutes, another for 30 days, but it is the man who has it for 30 years who makes a success of his life.

Learn the ABC of science before you try to ascend to its summit.

Do not compare your material forces with those of the enemy. Spirit cannot be compared with matter. You are human beings, they are beasts. You are free, they are slaves.