Every blunder behind us is giving a cheer for us, and only for those who were willing to fail are the dangers and splendors of life.

Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to guess about what is seen during the moment.

I wrote poems in my corner of the Brooks Street station. I sent them to two editors who rejected them right off. I read those letters of rejection years later and I agreed with those editors.

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you. -Carl Sandburg.

The scholars and poets of an earlier time can be read only with a dictionary to help.

Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen.