Unless you are educated in metaphor, you are not safe to be let loose in the world.

My fantasies have never been safe ones. Don't fuck with me, unless you understand that.

The epithet should be the mistress of the substantive, never its lawful wife.

You can't unfuck a kid. Once you fuck a kid, you can't get that genie back in the bottle.

You can't make poetry simply by avoiding clichés.

Metaphors are dangerous, Metaphors are not to be trifled with. A single metaphor can give birth to love.

In other words...you can't be a misogynist and expect women to appreciate you.

Metaphors are not to be trifled with. A single metaphor can give birth to love.

You can’t lead bunny lives and write tiger poetry.

You can’t experiment with tradition.

Tomas did not realize at the time that metaphors are dangerous. Metaphors are not to be trifled with. A single metaphor can give birth to love.

You cannot measure IQ through poetry.

Don't laugh at my fantasies," she said. "Not if you want to be in them.

You can't make fun of anything anymore. Comedy is the last bastion of free speech. Let's try not to kill it.