I think no matter how snarky you try to be, poetry will always find a way to make a spiritual goal out of what you're doing.
Cease to ask what the morrow will bring forth, and set down as gain each day that fortune grants.
It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity
Nothing's beautiful from every point of view.
A word once let out of the cage cannot be whistled back again.
It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something to say; when one has nothing to say, however, and none the less writes a whole book and makes truth into a liar - that I call an achievement.
Never despair. [Nil desperandum. ]
Don't Cry Darling, It's Blood All Right
Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think. It's splendid to find out there are so many of them in the world.
I'm a numbers guy, and I think numbers sometimes tell stories and sometimes they don't. When you look at the NBA, when teams shoot 45% or better from the floor, what is their record? And if they shoot under that what is their record?
Literature is one of the most interesting and significant expressions of humanity.