Writing to impress others is the surest path to pretentious mediocrity.
If truth doesn't set you free, generosity of spirit will.
Being safe doesn't mean you won't be sorry.
Impatience kills quickly.
Unfortunately, nothing can protect you from the thoughts in your own head.
Writing poetry is supernatural. Or, it should be.
Every advantage is temporary.
The practice of forgiveness is very much like the practice of meditation. You have to do it often and persist at it in order to be any good.
Writing is not a matter of time, but a matter or of space. If you don't keep space in your head for writing, you won't write even if you have the time.
Your own guilt is your own fault.
Learning to live on less pride has been a great investment in my future.
Having love and not giving it is just as difficult as not having love and needing it
As we change, our writing changes too. You cannot write the same poem twice. And that's a good thing.
If you don't write when you don't have time for it, you won't write when you do have time for it.
If you can't feel anything, it doesn't mean it's not hurting.
The ultimate goal of writing is forgiveness.
I want to do a good job living today.
If pain doesn't lead to humility, you have wasted your suffering.
Poetry is a connection to a change within you.
Everybody deserves love, but nobody is entitled to it.
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