As for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.

I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.

Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.

Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you.

Toil is man's allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that's more than either, the grief and sin of idleness.

Meditation and water are wedded for ever.

I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.

Aye, aye! and I'll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition's flames before I give him up.

War should be carried on like a monsoon; one changeless determination of every particle towards the one unalterable aim.

We can prevail with prayer.

A zoo is a good place to make a spectacle of yourself, as the people around you have creepier, more photogenic things to look at.

Choose to deliver amazing service to your customers. You'll stand out because they don't get it anywhere else.

Are ya tryin' to kill me, Maggie?" Declan bit the words out and his fingers dug deeper into her hips. "Are ya wantin' to see a grown man beg?

I am too much a moralist at heart, and really want to preach at people in some acceptable form, rather than entertain them.

An abstraction will move a mountain: Nothing can withstand an idea.

Healing is the rediscovery of who we are and who we have always been.

Your hopes and dreams, as well as your perception of the world around you, come through in your work and make it unique.

This is my sadness for shooting my friend