A Poet's Hope: To Be, Like Some

Get Up Very Early And Get Going At Once. In Fact, Work First And Wash Afterwards.

Genealogies Are Admirable Things, Provided They Do Not Encourage The Curious Delusion That Some Families Are Older Than Others.

Evil Is Unspectacular And Always Human, And Shares Our Bed And Eats At Our Own Table.

Lost In A Haunted Wood, Children Afraid Of The Night Who Have Never Been Happy Or Good.

There Are Three Cardinal Rules - Don't Take Somebody Else's Boyfriend Unless You've Been Specifically Invited To Do So, Don't Take A Drink Without Being Asked, And Keep A Scrupulous Accounting In Financial Matters.