“I wanted change and excitement and to shoot off in all directions myself, like the colored arrows from a Fourth of July rocket.”

“Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature.”

“A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.”

“Until you make peace with who you are, you’ll never be content with what you have.”

“We are not makers of history. We are made by history.”

“Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are.”

“Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.”

“I like weights. You know where you stand with them. Well, sometimes you’re lying under them, trying not to let them crush you, but you see, you KNOW they’d crush you if they could. There’s honesty.”