In the beginning was the dog the real name of Jehovah is Rover. Adam's rib is buried in the garden

Before you ridicule, remember somebody on a railway platform who seems to be train spotting may actually be writing poetry.

My grandmother used to say before you moan about the muck on someone else's glasses make sure you're not on about the muck on your own her glasses were filthy

I see it all perfectly

... being with people who don't understand is worse than being alone with her grief.

They still didn’t talk on the bus, but it had become a less confrontational silence. Almost friendly. (But not quite.)

The balloon seems to stand still in the air while the earth flies past underneath.

Without loving and caring for others, most of us stand little chance of communing with God/the Divine Wisdom, no matter how many years we may spend in silent prayer.

Impossible loves. I am very much afraid they can become an addiction.

A novel is achieved with hard work, the short story with inspiration.

I cannot absorb living in a world where I have an Oscar for best actress and Denzel doesn't have one for best actor.

I want to find a language that transforms language itself into steel for the spirit--a language to use against these sparkling insects, these jets.

All power is from within and therefore under our control