“I am solitary as grass. What is it I miss?
Shall I ever find it, whatever it is?”

“In a field
I am the absence
of field.
This is
always the case.
Wherever I am
I am what is missing.”

“I am determined my children shall be brought up in their father's religion, if they can find out what it is.”

“People say I am ruthless. I am not ruthless. And if I find the man who is calling me ruthless, I shall destroy him.”

“I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love
If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles.
You will hardly know who I am or what I mean
But I shall be good health to you nonetheless
And filter and fibre your blood.”

“If I ever reach heaven I expect to find three wonders there: first, to meet some I had not thought to see there; second, to miss some I had expected to see there; and third, the greatest wonder of all, to find myself there.”

“If I do find pride, I'll not find it in what I was or what I am, but what I may become. Not in my birth, but in myself.”

“Even if you are thousand people in this hall, I am talking to you. When I say you, I mean Y O U. There is a thread running with each of you; so don’t ever apply what I am saying to others; you will simply miss the whole thing yourself.”

“Where ever I am I always find myself looking out the window wishing I was somewhere else.”

“When I am dead and opened, you shall find Calais lying in my head.”