Poetry should be written the way adultery is committed: on the run, on the sly, during the time not accounted for. And then you come home, as if nothing ever happened.

Basked in the sun,listened to birds,licked off raindrops,and only in flightthe leaf saw the treeand graspedwhat it had been.

Why is the word yes so brief? it should be the longest, the hardest, so that you could not decide in an instant to say it, so that upon reflection you could stop in the middle of saying it.

I have brushed my teeth.This day and I are even.

I broke your heart.Now barefoot I treadon shards.

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Stick to the honesty and never leave it!

The role of a retired person is no longer to possess one.

I've never looked at myself and thought "Oh yeah, I'm sexy." I've felt sexy and confident, but I don't look at myself that way.

I love dark chocolate - I could eat it 'til I puke.

Assuming he wins his primary easily, and continues to push back when Donald Trump goes over the line, I think Paul Ryan is well positioned to run in 2020 if Trump loses.

Poetry is not only the most concise way of conveying the human experience; it also offers the highest possible standards for any linguistic operation.

Bodies which contain a greater proportion of water than is necessary to balance the other elements, are speedily corrupted, and lose their virtues and properties.

Inevitably you're going to be delayed somewhere. Always have a book. Always have a movie. Always have a notebook. And then always have a sense of humour.

I became a villain for doing the right thing.

Buy into a company because you want to own it, not because you want the stock to go up.