"Poetry isn’t an island, it is the bridge. Poetry isn’t a ship, it is the lifeboat. Poetry isn’t swimming. Poetry is water."
- Kamand Kojouri
"It is a dangerous thing to substitute reading or writing for living. Live first, then write."
"There is no revelation in my words. I am merely stating what others have forgotten to write down."
"These poems are cupsthat I pour my life into.Here, Drink!"
"She was in awe of all his work. 'How do you do it?" she asked.He smiled and said, 'By loving you."
"I am going to build a fortress of books.Will you come inside and live with me?"
"Sit here, so I may writeyou into a poem and make you eternal."
"For what was it about books that once finished left the reader in a bit of a haze and made them reread the last few sentences in order to continue the ringing in their hearts a while longer, so as not..."
"While victors may get to write history, novelists get to write/right reality."
- M.T. Bass
"I don’t want to be remembered for my work. I want to be remembered for my love."