Great men undertake great things because they are great; fools, because they think them easy.
When I was a child, writing was the worst possible choice of a career in my family.
inside us, a flower taken whole, a field built inside.
If you're going to write about someone's life, you don't just use them for wallpaper. You have to honor and respect that life.
Change is one of the only constants in Buddhism; as meditation became the way I breathed in the days, this became apparent.
I believe poetry has very little to do with memory.
I can weep pretty easily. I can get tears in my eyes from a beautiful work of art.
Today While the blossoms still cling to the vine I'll taste your strawberries I'll drink your sweet wine A million tomorrows shall all pass away Here I forget all the joy that is mine. Today I'll be a dandy and I'll be a rover You know who I am by the songs that I sing I'll feast at your table I'll sleep in your clover Who cares what tomorrow shall bring I can't be contented with yesterday's glory I can't live on promises winter to spring Today is my moment and now is my story I'll laugh and I'll cry and I'll sing
Open suspecting of others comes of secretly condemning ourselves.
The girl leaned forward and kissed Thomas on the cheek. “You’re sweet. I really hope we don’t end up killing you, at least.
I've been told, by various people, that I think too much. This is incorrect! The truth is that I deliberately challenge people to think more than they would like to.