"I believe that we are put here in human form to decipher the hieroglyphs of love and suffering. And, there is no degree of love or intensity of feeling that does not bring with it the possibility of a…"

"who blew and were blown by those human seraphim, the sailors, caresses of Atlantic and Caribbean love,"

"I think that's thy poison of poetry and I think that's the poison of political activity. As soon as you've got an obligation, you're a prisoner of an obligation, you're no longer actually reacting ope…"

"I'm a poet, but I'm not a madman."

"None of us understand what we're doing, but we do beautiful things anyway."