“I shall gain glory or die.”

“It is always betterto avenge dear ones than to indulge in mourning.For every one of us, living in this worldmeans waiting for our end. Let whoever canwin glory before death. When a warrior is gone,that will be his best and only bulwark.”

“All I know is a door into the dark”

“I rhymeTo see myself, to set the darkness echoing.”

“I suppose I'm saying that defiance is actually part of the lyric job”

“I can't think of a case where poems changed the world, but what they do is they change people's understanding of what's going on in the world.”

“Once off the bushThe fruit fermented, the sweet flesh would turn sour.I always felt like crying. It wasn't fairThat all the lovely canfuls smelt of rot.Each year I hoped they'd keep, knew they would not.-Blackberry picking”