The chief reason for going to school is to get the impression fixed for life that there is a book side for everything.

Take care to sell your horse before he dies. The art of life is passing losses on.

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.

The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom... in a clarification of life - not necessarily a great clarification, such as sects and cults are founded on, but in a momentary stay against confusion.

Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.

You don't have to deserve your mother's love. You have to deserve your father's.

A poet never takes notes. You never take notes in a love affair.

Being the boss anywhere is lonely. Being a female boss in a world of mostly men is especially so.

Modern poets talk against business, poor things, but all of us write for money. Beginners are subjected to trial by market.

The brain is a wonderful organ it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.