“In the most vulnerable, there can be dignity, memory, and poetry.”

“The most unbending thoughts are the most vulnerable to change.”

“Most important and most vulnerable of human emotions; Love.”

“Nothing but the most exemplary morals can give dignity to a man of small fortune.”

“Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people.”

“In education poetry is invaluable; the study of it cultivates the memory, the imagination, and the heart.”

“Somewhere in the world is the most invincible man. Just as somewhere is the most vulnerable.”

“Vulnerability is our most accurate measurement of courage.”

“To be credible, lies require a good memory, otherwise it is better to choose dignity always recounding the truth.”

“Poetry is not a branch of analytical philosophy. It is a primal, holistic kind of human communication. A poet needs innocence as much as knowledge, emotion as much as intelligence, vulnerability as much as rigor. A poet can become too smart for his or her own good and forget the childlike pleasures of sound and story, sense, and sensuality that poetry should provide. The challenge for a writer is to master the medium of poetry without losing that inner innocence.”