A poem is no place for an idea.
This is the challenge of writing. You have to be very emotionally engaged in what you?re doing, or it comes out flat. You can?t fake your way through this.
He who will not reason is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave.
There ain't no free lunches in this country. And don't go spending your whole life commiserating that you got raw deals. You've got to say, 'I think that if I keep working at this and want it bad enough I can have it.'
Over the years your bodies become walking autobiographies, telling friends and strangers alike of the minor and major stresses of your lives.
If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.
Money doesn't always bring happiness. People with ten million dollars are no happier than people with nine million dollars.