At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction.

I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach.

Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God: But only he who sees takes off his shoes.

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

You're something between a dream and a miracle.

Light tomorrow with today!

You were made perfectly to be loved - and surely I have loved you, in the idea of you, my whole life long.

Silence is the best response to a fool.

I love you for the part of me that you bring out.

Why, what is to live? Not to eat and drink and breathe,—but to feel the life in you down all the fibres of being, passionately and joyfully.

If you want something new, you have to stop doing something old

Simple foods connect with your body's needs in complex ways.

I think God rarely gives to one man or one set of men more than one great moral victory to win.

The '60s were an amazing time.

There is a difference between a person who is dying and a person who is suicidal. I do not want to die. I am dying.

Whatever happens in the world is real, what one thinks should have happened is projection. We suffer more from our fictitious illusion and expectations of reality.

Perhaps it is our imperfections that make us so perfect for one another.

Reading is essential for those who seek to rise above the ordinary. We must not permit anything to stand between us and the book that could change our lives.

When we contact each other, we change each other. We are constantly making each other.

I like to refer to my years with the Angels as the foundation of my career.