“Poetry is the mother-tongue of the human race.”

“We don't read and write poetry because its cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is full of passion.”

“We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. So medicine, law, business, engineering... these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love... these are what we stay alive for.”

“God in His infinite wisdom blessed humans with redundant tongues: one to outfit the mouth for speech. And a mother tongue to give it meaning... Though it wags out such inconceivable beauty, attached to the mother tongue lies one much maligned woman.”

“Deprivation is the mother of poetry.”

“Poetry [is] more necessary than ever as a fire to light our tongues.”