“And you wish to be a poet; and you wish to be a lover.”
“You wish to be a poet; you wish to be a lover. But the splendid clarity of your intelligence, and the remorseless honestly of your intellect bring you to a halt.”
“May you be ordinary, as the poet once wished the new-born baby.”
“People wish to be poets more than they wish to write poetry, and that's a mistake. One should wish to celebrate more than one wishes to be celebrated.”
“Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.”
“If you wish it. Slightly: If you wish it? Peter: IF YOU WISH IT.”