"I am glad you are not a poet. I mean, I am glad you are not a poet. It is a terrible thing to be a poet."

"To be a Flower is the most profound of all Ambitions."

"Saying nothing sometimes says the most."

"This is my letter to the World That never wrote to Me – The simple News that Nature told – With tender Majesty"

"To hang our head – ostensibly – And hide our Eyes – and weep – Is but a Ruse – to make our Pain The more acute – and deep –"