“I put all my talent into my works; I put my genius into my life”

“Would you like to know the great drama of my life? It is that I have put my genius into my life...I have put only my talent into my works.”

“I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again.”

“I will not bare my soul to their shallow prying eyes. My heart shall never be put under their microscope.”

“I have nothing to declare except my genius.”

“I don’t write this letter to put bitterness into your heart, but to pluck it out of mine. For my own sake I must forgive you.”

“If you are not long, I will wait for you all my life.”