“To some peopleLove is given,To othersOnly Heaven.”

“Sometimes a crumb fallsFrom the tables of joy, Sometimes a boneIs flung.To some peopleLove is given, To othersOnly heaven.”

“I wish the rent Was heaven sent.”

“OppressionNow dreamsAre not availableTo the dreamers,Nor songsTo the singers.In some landsDark nightAnd cold steelPrevail--But the dreamWill come back,And the songBreakIts jail.”

“Lawrence has a wonderful hill in it, with a university on top and the first time I ran away from home, I ran up the hill and looked across the world: Kansas wheat fields and the Kaw River, and I wanted to go some place, too. I got a whipping for it.”

“Your explanation depresses me," I said."Your nonsense depresses me," said Simple.”

“Cheap little rhymesA cheap little tuneAre sometimes as dangerousAs a sliver of the moon.”