“I would think Walt Whitman probably had more influence on my whole poetic thinking than anybody, but I never dreamed of trying to write in the Whitman manner.”
WW
“Resist much, obey little.”
Walt Whitman
“What is that you express in your eyes? It seems to me more than all the print I have read in my life.”
Walt Whitman
“Do I contradict myself? Very well, then, I contradict myself; I am large -- I contain multitudes.”
Walt Whitman
“Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.”
Walt Whitman
“Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.”
Walt Whitman