“Love is the word used to label the sexual excitement of the young, the habituation of the middle-aged, and the mutual dependence of the old. ”

“There was a young lady from GloucesterWho complained that her parents both bossed her,So she ran off to Maine.Did her parents complain?Not at all -- they were glad to have lost her.”

“I once knew a word I forgetThat mean "I am sorry we metAnd I wish you the same."It sounds like your nameBut I haven't remember that yet.”

“One night I dreamed I was locked in my Father's watchWith Ptolemy and twenty-one ruby starsMounted on spheres and the Primum MobileCoiled and gleaming to the end of spaceAnd the notched spheres eating each other's rindsTo the last tooth of time, and the case closed.”

“The public library is the most dangerous place in town”

“Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that they have a better idea.”

“A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students. ”