Poetry is the exquisite expression of exquisite expressions. – Joseph Roux
We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend, by what name do we call him? Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence. – Joseph Roux
Experience comprises illusions lost, rather than wisdom gained. – Joseph Roux
The happiness which is lacking makes one think even the happiness one has unbearable. – Joseph Roux
But I liked Yeats! That wild Irishman. I really loved his love of language, his flow. His chaotic ideas seemed to me just the right thing for a poet. Passion! He was always on the right side. He may be wrongheaded, but his heart was always on the right side. He wrote beautiful poetry. – Chinua Achebe