Images are probably the most important part of the poem. First of all you want to tell a story, but images are what are going to shore it up and get to the heart of the matter.

Emerald as heavy as a golf course, ruby as dark as an afterbirth, diamond as white as sun on the sea.

Saints have no moderation, nor do poets, just exuberance.

I am a collection of dismantled almosts.

Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard.

As it has been said: Love and a cough cannot be concealed. Even a small cough. Even a small love.

I’m lost. And it’s my own fault. It’s about time I figured out that I can’t ask people to keep me found.

Watch out for intellect, because it knows so much it knows nothing and leaves you hanging upside down, mouthing knowledge as your heart falls out of your mouth.

Meanwhile in my head, I’m undergoing open-heart surgery.

O starry night, This is how I want to die

O yellow eye, let me be sick with your heat, let me be feverish and frowning.

The wrong man is not always wrong because of his wrong actions, often he is wrong because of no actions.

The brain is not and cannot be the sole or complete organ of thought and feeling.

No glass renders a man's form or likeness so true as his speech.

Being a husband and a dad is my inspiration.

Some people will tell you that slow is good - but I'm here to tell you that fast is better.

you...are...a...frige...with...wings...we...are...freaking...ballet...dancers!

Don't you miss it?" I say. "Being free." He laughs.

Heaven will ask things of you at some point, perhaps small things at first. You must be ready.

You’re a song, a wished-for song.

no truth is strong enough to defeat a well-established legend.