A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.
A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep.
Our lives teach us who we are.
Reality is a question of perspective; the further you get from the past, the more concrete and plausible it seems but as you approach the present, it inevitably seems incredible.
When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy.
The character of a people may be ruined by charity.
