Love is the word used to label the sexual excitement of the young, the habituation of the middle-aged, and the mutual dependence of the old. – John Ciardi
You dont have to suffer to be a poet adolescence is enough suffering for anyone. – John Ciardi
A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed toward the hope of greening the landscape of idea. – John Ciardi
Every parent is at some time the father of the unreturned prodigal, with nothing to do but keep his house open to hope. – John Ciardi