Moving on is easy. It's staying moved on that's trickier.

If truth doesn't set you free, generosity of spirit will.

There is no beauty in sadness. No honor in suffering. No growth in fear. No relief in hate. It’s just a waste of perfectly good happiness.

Writing is not a matter of time, but a matter or of space. If you don't keep space in your head for writing, you won't write even if you have the time.

How to Write a PoemCatch the airaround the butterfly.

My Personalityunfolding before youlike a Swiss Army knife.

Impatience kills quickly.

Writing poetry is supernatural. Or, it should be.

Lineation can make your break your poems.

If you don't write when you don't have time for it, you won't write when you do have time for it.

Everybody deserves love, but nobody is entitled to it.

Every advantage is temporary.

I've never heard anyone say "I wish I hadn't forgiven.

Mental clarity ain't for the faint of heart.

If pain doesn't lead to humility, you have wasted your suffering.

If you can't feel anything, it doesn't mean it's not hurting.

I want to do a good job living today.

The ultimate goal of writing is forgiveness.

Your own guilt is your own fault.

Learning to live on less pride has been a great investment in my future.

So, what did you learn?Curiosity asked the Cat, thenpoked her carcass with a stick.

The practice of forgiveness is very much like the practice of meditation. You have to do it often and persist at it in order to be any good.

Unforgiveness,splinter in your breastbone, lives there lodged like a small tree.Withers in winter, looms in spring. Its fruit is sweet on first bite, then turns into the taste of your own flesh.

Unfortunately, nothing can protect you from the thoughts in your own head.

Poetry is a connection to a change within you.

As we change, our writing changes too. You cannot write the same poem twice. And that's a good thing.

Often I Wish I Werea potato.Eyes openedin all directions.Unafraid of the cold earth.The differencebetween life and deathfor somebody.

Be nice to your children. They may grow up to be writers.

Being safe doesn't mean you won't be sorry.

Now we go in and take over," answered A. "It's our duty to help these people.

The Four Stages of Writer’s BlockW.B. Stage I: I want to write but I can’t.W.B. Stage II: I have to write but I can’t. W.B. Stage I: I don’t want to write but I have to.W.B. Stage I: I don’t have time for writing … and, honestly, I don’t feel like writing.

Writing to impress others is the surest path to pretentious mediocrity.

Having love and not giving it is just as difficult as not having love and needing it