"Finality is death. Perfection is finality. Nothing is perfect. There are lumps in it."

"Because our lives are cowardly and sly, Because we do not dare to take or give, Because we scowl and pass each other …"

"If I asked her master he'd give me a cask a day; But she, with the beer at hand, not a gill would arrange! May she ma…"

"I would think Until I found Something I can never find; – Something Lying On the ground, In the bottom Of my mind."

"The duty of a lyrical poet is not to express or explain, it is to intensify life."

"Speech and prose are not the same thing. They have different wave-lengths, for speech moves at the speed of light, wh…"

"When I from life's unrest had earned the grace Of utter ease beside a quiet stream; When all that was had mingled in …"

"For sorrow and joy are one, and all the past And all the future mingle in a kiss."

"They said: "She dwelleth in some place apart, Immortal Truth, within whose eyes Who looks may find the secret of the …"

"Imaro exploded. "Why do men fight like starving lions over yellow metal and let valuable cattle go?""