A man may be in as just possession of the truth as of a city, and yet be forced to surrender.

It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many million faces, there should be none alike.

Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living.

Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles.

Light is the shadow of God.

What song the Syrens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women, though puzzling questions, are not beyond all conjecture.

There are mystically in our faces certain characters which carry in them the motto of our souls, wherein he that cannot read may read our natures.

All the wonders you seek are within yourself.

There is musick, even in the beauty and the silent note which Cupid strikes, far sweeter than the sound of an instrument.

Think it more satisfactory to live richly than die rich.

We carry within us the wonders we seek without us.

Sometimes I think my head is so big because it is so full of dreams

In literature the ambition of the novice is to acquire the literary language the struggle of the adept is to get rid of it.

I'm a Christian and a supporter of marriage equality under the law.

I am a spy in the house of me. I report back from the front lines of the battle that is me. I am somewhat nonplused by the event that is my life.

Love is a fragile, useless thing. It decomposes easily in the tropic heat.

Never was a miser a brave soul.

A tradition is kept alive only by something being added to it.

I've actually trademarked the term 'Momager,' which is what I am.

There are only so many skaters like Brian Orser. Nobody is going to just step into his shoes.

Now the line was drawn. Lucy had never thought that one of the fiercest battles of her life would be fought over a breakfast table, with quiet words carefully chosen.