If equal affection cannot be, let the more loving be me.

No opera plot can be sensible for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.

The most exciting rhythms seem unexpected and complex, the most beautiful melodies simple and inevitable.

The center that I cannot find is known to my unconscious mind.

It is a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it.

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

We all have these places where shy humiliations gambol on sunny afternoons.