“I am a poet, and I write about love, but love is not my only subject. I write about the pain of my people, the suffering of my country, and the dreams of my children.”

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”

“There is no friend as loyal as a book.”

“The only demand I make of my reader is that he should devote his whole life to reading my works.”