Every now and then I read a poem that does touch something in me but I never turn to poetry for solace or pleasure in the way that I throw myself into prose.

Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.

One will never again look at a birch tree after the Robert Frost poem in exactly the same way.

He who draws noble delights from sentiments of poetry is a true poet though he has never written a line in all his life.

A poem is never finished only abandoned.

To this day I don't ever remember seeing a pet inside Moscow I never saw anyone carrying a dog or leading a dog. Err I finally saw a a pet some years later in Kiev so I thought that life must have been different.

It's true you can never eat a pet you name. And anyway it would be like a ventriloquist eating his dummy.

I had a big Akita Yoshi who was fabulous. I loved him. We lost him when he was 12 and I've never been able to replace him. Normally most people lose a pet and get another and keep going on. But it just felt wrong to me it felt disloyal.

Never stand between a dog and the hydrant.

Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want.

Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many different ailments but I have never heard of one who suffered from insomnia.

Never wear anything that panics the cat.

Time spent with cats is never wasted.

War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed.

This is probably why my life is easier and my family is very happy because we never lie each other. This is probably all people supposed to feel each other so be always in all of the world they'll be peace.

TRUE permanent peace can never be restored until slavery the occasion of the war has ceased.

We will never bring peace at the hands of war. As a species we have to rise above it.

Americans will listen but they do not care to read. War and Peace must wait for the leisure of retirement which never really comes: meanwhile it helps to furnish the living room.

I'm on the board of directors for Peace Now which works tirelessly between the Palestinians and the Israelis to create peace in the Middle East and we've never been closer.

Without peace and without the overwhelming majority of people that believe in peace defending it working for it believing in it security can never really be a reality.

Peace should provide security. It should be durable. I'm ready to go far in making painful concessions. But there is one thing I will never make any concessions on and that's the security of the Israeli citizens and the very existence of the state of Israel. The Palestinians are losing time.

Peace is a never ending process... It cannot ignore our differences or overlook our common interests. It requires us to work and live together.

I never will have peace of mind. I'm not constructed that way. Some things in life can be horrible.

When I was in the Peace Corps I never made a phone call. I was in Central Africa I didn't make a phone call for two years. I was in Uganda for another four years and I didn't make a phone call. So for six years I didn't make a phone call but I wrote letters I wrote short stories I wrote books.