“It is safe to say that poetry cannot be translated.”

“For hero-worship often defeats its own ends; the boy who "cannot tell a lie," the boy who kept his finger in the hole in the dike, tend to become myths, admired perhaps but to be neither imitated nor equalled.”

“But fidelity to language is often infidelity to thought.”

“Religion should be about your relationship with God, not what the church says you can and can't do.”

“Loneliness is my worst enemy, but in the end he's usually my only real friend.”

“Understanding life is like trying to put together a puzzle with pieces that don't fit.”

“When I'm depressed I'll lie to myself to make me feel better. But really, it's ok, because depression only sometimes gets the best of me.”