... the first step of the terrible journey toward feeling somebody should act, that ends in utter confusion and hopelessness, east of the sun and west of the moon.

There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army.

The ellipse is as aimless as that, Stretching invisibly into the future so as to reappear In our present. Its flexing is its account, Return to the point of no return.

You stupefied me. We waxed, Carnivores, late and alight In the beaded winter. All was ominous, luminous.

Much that is beautiful must be discarded So that we may resemble a taller Impression of ourselves.

The first year was like icing. Then the cake started to show through.

I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them.

Reading is a pleasure, but to finish reading, to come to the blank space at the end, is also a pleasure.

The summer demands and takes away too much. /But night, the reserved, the reticent, gives more than it takes

And so we turn the page over. To think of starting. This is all there is.

In the increasingly convincing darkness The words become palpable, like a fruit That is too beautiful to eat.

The lack of money is the root of all evil.

i want to give up my bearings, slip out of who i am, shed everything, the way a snake discards old skin.

The HurricaneThe tree lay downon the garage roof and stretched, You have your heaven, it said, go to it.

The camel has his virtues - so much at least must be admitted; but they do not lie upon the surface.

There is a comfortable feeling in small towns. It is salubrious.

C'est courageux d'aller dans l'inconnu': It is courageous to go into territory unknown.

Stand up! Keep your backs straight! Remember that this is where the wings grow.

The nuclear industry is currently undergoing a rebirth. The uranium market will remain tight for at least the next three years.

When railroading time comes you can railroad—but not before.

I wouldn't venture to say which kind of sin is more prevalent. I wouldn't even want to try to characterize certain 'circles.'