"In the democratic way of life it is not the best things in life are free, but rather the best things in life are worth working for!"

“I do dark [humor]. I like people who are silly and weird and people who are surprising and good at what they do.”

“Always trust your fellow man. And always cut the cards. Always trust God. And always build your house on high ground. Always love thy neighbor. And always pick a good neighborhood to live in.”

“Velius--so who is she? no wait, let me guess. skin of the finest porcelain. hair of the softest silk. a voice like birdsong, a smile like sunshine, and a mouth that would sate your brightest and darkest wishes Rumbold-- You've m-met her? Velius--oh yes, my friend. we all know her. we've all pursued her. some of us have even been lucky enough to have her. we've been drunk on her sin, become fools of her favor. she might have borne a different face each time, but her name was always the same. Trouble”

“Every poet knows the pun is Pierian, that it springs from the same soil as the Muse?a matching and shifting of vowels and consonants, an adroit assonance sometimes derided as jackassonance.”

Source : 1965 Bygones.

“Whether the angels play only Bach praising God, I am not quite sure.”

“As usual she had a deceptive air of perspicacity.”

Source : Ngaio Marsh (2012). “Death in Ecstasy: Inspector Roderick Alleyn #4”, p.192, Felony & Mayhem Press

“My Dad is my hero. He's 85 now and he is in great health. He is handsome and strong. He has an incredible moral and ethical backbone. I couldn't have been luckier with my parents.”

“Uniformity, in its motives, its goals, its far-ranging consequences, is the natural enemy of poetry, not to mention the enemy of trees, the soil, the exemplary life therein.”

Source : C.D. Wright (2012). “Cooling Time: An American Poetry Vigil”, p.29, Copper Canyon Press