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Rod McKuen quotes: I will not ask you where you have been tonightI'll only say helloand hope.

I will not ask you where you have been tonight
I'll only say hello
and hope.

Rod McKuen quotes: If you love somebody, tell them.

If you love somebody, tell them.

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

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

Rod McKuen quotes: Laws and machines are shaped to fit the classes.

Laws and machines are shaped to fit the classes.

Rod McKuen quotes: I was rich in those days, for a week I had everything. I wish I'd known you then.

I was rich in those days, for a week I had everything. I wish I'd known you then.

Rod McKuen quotes: Crowded rooms and lonesome tunes and very little sky.

Crowded rooms and lonesome tunes and very little sky.

Rod McKuen quotes: Eternity sneaks in her arms full of wild promises.

Eternity sneaks in
her arms full of wild promises.

Rod McKuen quotes: and if the world breaks down, I'll be around.

and if the world breaks down, I'll be around.

Rod McKuen quotes: We will all wake up semi-angels, If we wake at all.

We will all wake up semi-angels,
If we wake at all.

Rod McKuen quotes: Never fear being alone, because you never are.

Never fear being alone, because you never are.

Rod McKuen quotes: I've come to terms with it, it knows I know.

I've come to terms with it, it knows I know.

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

I have fallen in love with the world
And I am aware that I have chosen
the most dangerous lover of them all.

Rod McKuen quotes: Unless you call attention to your presence who will know you're there? Even a country has to weave and wave a flag as proof of its existence.

Unless you call attention to your presence who will know you're there? Even a country has to weave and wave a flag as proof of its existence.

Rod McKuen quotes: I'm not the first man or the last who had a thirst to leave the past.

I'm not the first man or the last
who had a thirst to leave the past.

Rod McKuen quotes: Poetry is fact given over to imagery.

Poetry is fact given over to imagery.

Rod McKuen quotes: If I could do it over, I'd do better.

If I could do it over, I'd do better.

Rod McKuen quotes: You know, in a way, I wish I could hate a little more. It would make me a more rounded personality.

You know, in a way, I wish I could hate a little more. It would make me a more rounded personality.

Rod McKuen quotes: Thank you for the sun you brought this morningeven though the sky was full of clouds.

Thank you for the sun you brought this morning
even though the sky was full of clouds.

Rod McKuen quotes: Do not ask the definition of a friend. He/She is that one without whose company death and dying set in earlier and living is made more pleasurable.

Do not ask the definition of a friend. He/She is that one without whose company death and dying set in earlier and living is made more pleasurable.

Rod McKuen quotes: People are not born bastards. They have to work at it.

People are not born bastards. They have to work at it.

Rod McKuen quotes: The world needs writers. We will always be necessary. There are few professions that can claim that distinction.

The world needs writers. We will always be necessary. There are few professions that can claim that distinction.

Rod McKuen quotes: Love is a sweet thing caught a momentand held in a golden eye.

Love is a sweet thing caught a moment
and held in a golden eye.

Everybody has the answers or they'll make them up for you. Just once I'd like to hear a brand-new question.

Rod McKuen quotes: Extending your hand is extending yourself.

Extending your hand is extending yourself.

Rod McKuen quotes: I am not convinced the truth can make men free, but I believe it a beginning.

I am not convinced the truth can make men free, but I believe it a beginning.

Rod McKuen quotes: Theres no misery in not being loved,only in not loving

Theres no misery in not being loved,
only in not loving

Rod McKuen quotes: Did you think of party dressesand high school playsor hallways full of lovers not yet met?

Did you think of party dresses
and high school plays
or hallways full of lovers not yet met?

Rod McKuen quotes: Strangers are just friends waiting to happen

Strangers are just friends waiting to happen

Rod McKuen quotes: Even when you feel you've reached the end or edge of life, hold on. Life itself will ultimately take care of you.

Even when you feel you've reached the end or edge of life, hold on. Life itself will ultimately take care of you.

Rod McKuen quotes: This is the way it was while I was waiting for your eyes to find me.

This is the way it was while I was waiting for your eyes to find me.

Rod McKuen quotes: I had a pet raccoon that took my tooth brush once,But only to another room.

I had a pet raccoon that took my tooth brush once,
But only to another room.

Rod McKuen quotes: It's nice sometimesto open up the heart a littleand let some hurt come in.It proves you're still alive.

It's nice sometimes
to open up the heart a little
and let some hurt come in.
It proves you're still alive.

Rod McKuen quotes: These long years later it is worsefor I remember what it wasas well as what it might have been.

These long years later it is worse
for I remember what it was
as well as what it might have been.

Rod McKuen quotes: A poet can't afford to be aloof. The tools of his trade are the people he bumps up against.

A poet can't afford to be aloof. The tools of his trade are the people he bumps up against.

Rod McKuen quotes: I went back to look for you.Not understanding the language of hello,I thought I'd speak it just the same.

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

Rod McKuen quotes: To understand others you should get behind their eyes and walk down their spines.

To understand others you should get behind their eyes and walk down their spines.

Rod McKuen quotes: I felt that some of my work was OK. If I could do it over, I'd do better.

I felt that some of my work was OK. If I could do it over, I'd do better.

Rod McKuen quotes: I was tired. I peaked. I left when I was on top. One year, I did 280 concerts.

I was tired. I peaked. I left when I was on top. One year, I did 280 concerts.

Rod McKuen quotes: The gifts that one receives for giving are so immeasurable that it is almost an injustice to accept them.

The gifts that one receives for giving are so immeasurable that it is almost an injustice to accept them.

Rod McKuen quotes: Who is not a love seeker when December comes? Even children pray to Santa Claus.

Who is not a love seeker when December comes? Even children pray to Santa Claus.

Rod McKuen quotes: Watch the indolent butterfly playing on the tall flower in the yard and think about the sun going down. It always does you know.

Watch the indolent butterfly playing on the tall flower in the yard and think about the sun going down. It always does you know.

Rod McKuen quotes: Now is next to nothing compared to where I've been.

Now is next to nothing compared to where I've been.

Rod McKuen quotes: Sorry no one could see how beautifully happy we were.

Sorry no one could see how beautifully happy we were.

Rod McKuen quotes: Always I glance both ways.Why chance missing lovewherever she or he may lurk?

Always I glance both ways.
Why chance missing love
wherever she or he may lurk?

Rod McKuen quotes: The journey back is always longer than the forward run.

The journey back is always longer than the forward run.

Rod McKuen quotes: There is no other way to find ourselves but in each others faces.

There is no other way to find ourselves but in each others faces.

Rod McKuen quotes: I have never known a cat that couldn't quiet me down just by walking slowly past my chair.

I have never known a cat that couldn't quiet me down just by walking slowly past my chair.

Rod McKuen quotes: I want to see the world within the circle of your arms and sail the wide sea of your thighs.

I want to see the world within the circle of your arms and sail the wide sea of your thighs.