I am a writer of books in retrospect. I talk in order to understand; I teach in order to learn.

Quote by Robert Frost

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An idea is a feat of association.

An idea is a feat of association.

Pressed into service means pressed out of shape.

Pressed into service means pressed out of shape.

You can be a little ungrammatical if you come from the right part of the...

You can be a little ungrammatical if you come from the right part of the...

Poetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance.

Poetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance.

All thought is a feat of association; having what's in front of you bring up...

All thought is a feat of association; having what's in front of you bring up...

Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.

Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.

I took the road less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.

I took the road less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.

Poetry is what gets lost in translation.

Poetry is what gets lost in translation.

A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman...

A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman...

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life. It goes on.

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life. It goes on.

By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and...

By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and...

Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.

Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.

Space ails us moderns: we are sick with space.

Space ails us moderns: we are sick with space.

Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take...

Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take...

Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take...

Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take...

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.

If you don't know how great this country is, I know someone who does; Russia.

If you don't know how great this country is, I know someone who does; Russia.

Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, and I'll forgive Thy great big joke...

Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, and I'll forgive Thy great big joke...

When I was a boy, my mother wore a mood ring. When she was in...

When I was a boy, my mother wore a mood ring. When she was in...

I said to the wife, Guess what I heard in the pub? They reckon the...

I said to the wife, Guess what I heard in the pub? They reckon the...