“The poetry of earth is never dead.”

“Poetry is not a mere shuffling of dead words or even a corralling of live ones.”

“The earth belongs to the living, not to the dead.”

“Whoever doesn't live in poetry cannot survive here on earth.”

“The dead do not need to rise. They are a part of the earth now and the earth can never be conquered. For the earth endureth forever…Those who have entered it honorably, and no man ever entered earth more honorably than those who died in Spain, already have achieved immortality.”

“Some say that the age of chivalry is past, that the spirit of romance is dead. The age of chivalry is never past, so long as there is a wrong left unredressed on earth.”

“The earth here is beautiful. And it still belongs to the dead.”

“I never think of poetry or the poetry scene, only separate poems written by individuals.”

“When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth.”

“Every dog on the face of the earth wants me dead.”