“For it is through humility, he knew, that holiness--and poetry--find entrance to the human soul.”
“Poetry is the insistent roaring of the human soul.”
“And I behold London, a Human awful wonder of God' He (Will) stared out over the landscape. "Milton thought Hell was a city, you know. I think maybe he had it half-right. Perhaps London is just Hell's entrance, and we are th damned souls refusing to pass through, fearing that what we will find on the other side will be worse than the horror we already know.”
“Poetry: three mismatched shoes at the entrance of a dark alley.”
“To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on holy ground.”
“History is the queen of the humanities. It teaches wisdom and humility, and it tells us how things change through time.”