“Hold dear to your parents for it is a scary and confusing world without them.”

If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.

Not knowing when the dawn will come I open every door.

I am out with lanterns, looking for myself.

Celebrity is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent.

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul – and sings the tunes without the words – and never stops at all.

We both believe, and disbelieve a hundred times an hour, which keeps believing nimble.

Hope never stops at all.

The soul selects her own society, Then shuts the door; On her divine majority Obtrude no more.

You left me boundaries of pain Capacious as the sea, Between eternity and time, Your consciousness and me.

The brain is wider than the sky.

You can stay young as long as you learn.

Forever – is composed of Nows – ‘Tis not a different time. Let Months dissolve in further Months – And Years – exhale in Years.

The poet lights the light and fades away. But the light goes on and on.

You don’t have to be a house to be haunted.

There’s a certain slant of light, On winter afternoons, That oppresses, like the weight Of cathedral tunes.

Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought.

To lose one parent, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.

Love begins by taking care of the closest ones – the ones at home.

Compassion for our parents is the true sign of maturity.

It’s a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful.

When I was born, that was the music my mother was listening to. Michael Jackson is a third parent to me.

I don’t think one parent can raise a child. I don’t think two parents can raise a child. You really need the whole village.

People can’t, unhappily, invent their mooring posts, their lovers and their friends, anymore than they can invent their parents.

We got to talk about how lucky we are to have such amazing parents. They’ve always been and still are role models and mentors for us.