Of all the bright cruel lies they tell you, the cruelest is the one called love.
Dreamsongs Section 5: Hybrids and HorrorsYou mean to tell me you're mourning the loss of someone who never existed?
The Death of Edwin HubbleUse your imagination," I tell my students these days, "or someone else is going to use it for you.
Down and in: Life in the UndergroundShow me what a people admire, and I will tell you everything about them that matters.
The Engines of GodIf dat ghost have money, I tells him never to haunt you less'n he wants to lose it!
The Emperor JonesYou can tell me everything, her eyes say, because I will see beauty in everything you say.
The Enchanted