“from "After the Fall"When Kennedy dropped from the skyTo honor the poet Frost, ... So MacLeish spoke.."NotTo mention Robert Frost. For Frost,Of course, is another matter, as heAlways was, spoke to the throng an the oneHatless in October, but days beforeDallas and November.”

“Heifers, younger, are another matter,Goofy, quick to spook, gangly. TheyGalumpf about, attack afraid andRetreat feeling real brave. There's noUnderstanding 'em, that's justThe way they are. --Ars Docentis”

“I practice Dying--every night-- But have not learned to, still--Though Talented--by Mortal bones-- For such a common Skill.”

“Good teachers get fired; great teachers, killed--Socrates, Christ, and Giordano Bruno.”

“So dawn goes down today... Nothing gold can stay.-- Robert Frost”

“October extinguished itself in a rush of howling winds and driving rain and November arrived, cold as frozen iron, with hard frosts every morning and icy drafts that bit at exposed hands and faces.”

“You want to fall, that's all. You think it can't go on like that. It's as if your life is a perch on the edge of a cliff and going forward seems impossible, not for a lack of will, but a lack of space. The possibility of another day stands in defiance of the laws of physics. And you can't go back. So you want to fall, let go, give up, but you can't. And every breath you take reminds you of that fact. So it goes.”