Nothing is inanimate; what is the rest is our interpretation.

Faith is a question of eyesight; even the blind can see that.

I had never known any man to die while speaking in terza-rima

Each poem leads you to the questions it makes sense to ask it.

He did not waste time in a vain search for a place in history.

Poets are shameless with their experiences: they exploit them.

They have the guns, we have the poets. Therefore, we will win.

Strangers are endearing because you don’t know them yet.

Omnipotence and omniscience are the end of power and knowledge.

I write to forget the days that broke me into a million nights.

That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.

For a moment at least, be a smile on someone else’s face.

A poet more than thirty years old is simply an overgrown child.

Either all lights are turned off or one inner light is missing.

The light teaches you to convert life into a festive promenade.