Walt Whitman — "The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time…"

"Expurgate, expurgate, expurgate! I've heard that till I'm deaf with it."

"The public is a thick-skinned beast, and you have to club it soundly to get any attention at all."

"I am the poet of the body and I am the poet of the soul."

"Of physiology from top to toe I sing, Not physiognomy alone nor brain alone is worthy for the Muse, I say the Form complete is worthier far."

"Have you learned lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who reject you, and insult you, and smite you?"