Rod McKuen Quotes

The journey back is always longer than the forward run.

I have fallen in love with the worldAnd I am aware that I have chosenthe most dangerous lover of them all.

No map to help us find the tranquil flat lands, clearings calm, fields without mean fences. Rolling down the other side of life our compass is the sureness of ourselves. Time may make us rugged, ragged round the edges, but know and understand that love is still the safest place to land.

Looking back few friends had webut I've got him and he's got me.And when the golden minute comeswhen we no longer wake to smellthe river where the wild swans sailedthe orchard where the blossoms fell,we'll smile a little thinkin' of that.Me in my shirt-tails, him with his whiskersme and the cat.

I went back to look for you.Not understanding the language of hello,I thought I’d speak it just the same.

Unless you call attentionto your presencewho will know you're there?Even a countryhas to weave and wave a flagas proof of its existence.

Cats have it all - admiration, an endless sleep, and company only when they want it.