Oh! that my soul had winged its flight, When first I saw the morning light, To worlds of liberty!

I leave my parents here behind And all my friends to love resigned 'Tis grief to go, but death to stay Farewell -- I'm gone with love away.

My genius from a boy Has fluttered like a bird within my heart; But could not thus confined her power employ, Impatient to depart.

Great and unexpected successes are often the cause of foolish rushing into acts of extravagance.

I've always been a caretaker; I think a lot of women are. We take care of everybody else first, and very rarely do we think about ourselves.

Let's call a spade a spade - a lot of times when you are a vegetarian it is a just not very effective eating disorder.

The difference between men and boys is the price of their toys.

Time’ has ceased, 'space' has vanished. We now live in a global village... a simultaneous happening

I never wrote poetry, just prose. I don't really consider songwriting a form of poetry either. The words are important, of course, but they're dependent on the music.

When someone critises or disagrees with you, a small ant of hatred and antagonism is born in your heart. If you do not squash that ant at once, it might grow into a snake, or even a dragon.

My twenties were a write-off. It's a cruel illness, because you can't see it and you can hide it so well.

Alas, how can we help but mourn When hero bosoms yield their breath! A century itself may bear But once the flower of such a death.

My husband taught me housekeeping; when I divorce I keep the house.