A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one.

Yesterday and tomorrow cross and mix on the skyline. The two are lost in a purple haze. One forgets, one waits.

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.

There is an eagle in me that wants to soar.

Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

Love your neighbor as yourself but don't take down your fence.

It is necessary ... for a man to go away by himself ... to sit on a rock ... and ask, 'Who am I, where have I been, and where am I going?

Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder.

Money is power, freedom, a cushion, the root of all evil, the sum of blessings.

A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.

The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy, so that he cannot fathom our real intent.

It's a terrible thing for a man when his woman gangs up on him wi' a toad

Fear ends where love begins.

Recognize the remarkable individuals in your life who help you envision a world far beyond yourself.

Our laugh is a torment and our cry is a joy for the Satan!

I think it's for the critics to decide whether or not their loathing of the play is based on something other than the play's merits or demerits. They must search their own souls, or whatever.

I guess when your heart gets broken, you sort of start to see the cracks in everything.

Struggling to stay in the middle class, and I love that. That's me and my dad and my family.

If you have your eye set on somebody, don't beat around the bush

The people I admire most are those who struggle for everyone.