“The world needs writers. We will always be necessary. There are few professions that can claim that distinction.” WorldNeedsClaimsProfessionDistinction Author:Rod McKuen
“Be gentle with me, new love. Treat me tenderly. I need the gentle touch, the soft voice, the candlelight after nine. There's been so many who didn't understand so give me all the love I see in your timid eyes but give it gently Please.” NeedsGivingEyeVoicePleaseTreatsGive MeNineGentleCandlelightGentle Touch Book:Listen to the Warm Source: Listen to the Warm
“It happens just because we need to want and to be wanted too, when love is here or gone to lie down in the darkness and listen to the warm.” WantNeedsHappensWantedLyingLove IsDarknessGoneWarm Book:Listen to the Warm Source: Listen to the Warm
“I am not a joiner. Somewhere I once said that people join clubs now for the very reason they once carried them, a need for security. Maybe I'm alone more often than I should be, because I try to find security within myself.” PeopleNeedsShouldTryingSaidReasonSecuritySolitudeClubs Author:Rod McKuen
“I cannot speculate on what our cluttered mind will save- sleepy Sundays, or a nosebleed after love. I know only the dying heart needs the nourishment of memory to live beyond too many winters.” KnowsNeedsMindHeartMemoriesDyingBrokenWinterSundayBroken HeartNourishmentSleepyNosebleeds Author:Rod McKuen
