All precious things, discover'd late, To those that seek them issue forth, For love in sequel works with fate, And draws the veil from hidden worth.

It's better to have tried and failed than to live life wondering what would've happened if I had tried

More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of.

We are all a part of every person we have ever met.

I can't sleep without knowing there's hope. Half the night I waste in sighs. In a wakeful doze I sorrow. For the hands, for the lips... the eyes. For the meeting of tomorrow.

Hope Smiles from the threshold of the year to come, Whispering 'it will be happier'.

The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.

...and our spirits rushed together at the touching of the lips.

Ours is not to wonder why. Ours is just to do or die.

if you don't concentrate on what you are doing then the thing that you are doing is not what you are thinking.

God gives us love! Something to love He lends us; but when love is grown To ripeness, that on which it throve Falls off, and love is left alone: This is the curse of time.

For the powerful, crimes are those that others commit.

These stories always take us to some far away places which we can never visit in real life.

Raise boys and girls the same way.

The American way was for commerce, personal relationships, and religion to be voluntary. No one was forced to participate in something he didn't want.

You will never get any more out of this life than you expect.

I don't have a lot of downtime.

I go from a full working day to making sure I am home for dinner with my kids. I couldn't do that in a 10cm mini skirt but I am not going to resort to sweatpants and an old t-shirt.

In terms of stories I would buy for a science fiction magazine, if they take place in the future, that might do it.

Do not feed children on maudlin sentimentalism or dogmatic religion; give them nature

My thing is that I'm in love with love. Actually, I'm in love with the possibility of true love. Which could be considered a major problem.