"A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language."

-- W. H. Auden

"A poet looks at the world the way a man looks at a woman."

-- Wallace Stevens

"Poetry is plucking at the heartstrings, and making music with them."

-- Dennis Gabor

"When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear."

-- Mark Twain

"A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimist."

-- Don Marquis

"Be obscure clearly."

-- E. B. White

"Promise me you'll always remember: you're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think."

-- A. A. Milne

"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today."

-- James Dean