It goes without saying that a fine short poem can have the resonance and depth of an entire novel.

Suddenly I realize That if I stepped out of my body I would break Into blossom.

Poetry can keep life itself alive. You can endure almost anything as long as you can sing about it.

Practice good personal hygiene. Wash your hands before you eat. Be aware of good clean water and food sources.

There is this cave In the air behind my body That nobody is going to touch: A cloister, a silence Closing around a blossom of fire. When I stand upright in the wind, My bones turn to dark emeralds.

I close my eyes, and think of water.

Most of the pollution in the water already is dead animal and plant matter and building debris, ... good stagnant nursery for mosquitoes.

Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy’s Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota

Someone like you makes the sun shine brighter. Someone like you makes a sigh half a smile. Someone like you makes my troubles much lighter. Someone like you make life seem worthwhile.

They can buy whatever brand they want. We will supply the finance.

I asked the Mesquite coach who he thought the best team in Mesquite is. He said they were about even.

An author is like a jeweller, with words as their gemstones and imagination the precious metals.

We rob ourselves when we make decisions in the moment with no thought of how those decisions will impact our futures.

The heart of the gospel is redemption, and the essence of redemption is the substitutionary sacrifice of Christ.

I believe that thinking about the problem … is your problem.

Those who are devoted to amusements; who love the society of those who love pleasure, have an aversion to religious exercises.

I was never a true journalist, I was a movie critic.

To try to be happy is to try to build a machine with no other specification than that it shall run noiselessly.

The history of Napoleon now becomes, for 12 momentous years, the history of mankind.

Hockey s a funny game. You have to prove yourself every shift, every game. It's not up to anybody else. You have to take pride in yourself.

When you come from the Midwest, you have a more open mind than if you come from the West Coast or the East Coast.