Poetry is an attempt to penetrate the dense reality to find a place where the simplest things look as new as through the eyes of a child.

The living owe it to those who no longer can speak to tell their story for them.

A true opium of the people is a belief in nothingness after death - the huge solace of thinking that for our betrayals, greed, cowardice, murders we are not going to be judged.

Language is the only homeland.

Men will clutch at illusions when they have nothing else to hold to.

It is sweet to think I was a companion in an expedition that never ends

I have defined poetry as a 'passionate pursuit of the Real.

LearningTo believe you are magnificent. And gradually to discover that you are not magnificent. Enough labor for one human life.

In a room wherepeople unanimously maintaina conspiracy of silence, one word of truthsounds like a pistol shot.

The purpose of poetry is to remind ushow difficult it is to remain just one person, for our house is open, there are no keys in the doors, and invisible guests come in and out at will.

You see how I tryTo reach with wordsWhat matters mostAnd how I fail.

Love is the only flame that set the soul on fire.

If you're not creating, you're disintegrating.

And when I feelthe masks beneathcrumble and fade withtime I build new onesto replace the old."Masks"- Sins Within

Having a talent is not all that a matter

There's always this sense of incredulity that writers feel, because they're usually living flat and ordinary lives, because they have to.

Placing blame in marriage is like saying, 'Your side of the boat is sinking.'

The American crow is at an all-time low of 82 birds. Others hit by the West Nile, like the black-capped chickadee, have rebounded.

The room went dark and, after a moment, Grace whispered that she loved me, sounding a little sad. I wrapped my arms tightly around her shoulders, sorry that loving me was such a complicated thing.

Love says: I’ve seen the ugly parts of you, and I’m staying.

Look how the world's poor people are amazed at apparitions, signs and prodigies!