At the age of twelve I was finding the world too small: it appeared to me like a dull, trim back garden, in which only trivial games could be played.

One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it.

Silences have a climax, when you have got to speak.

When you love someone all your saved up wishes start coming out.

Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.

Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.

We are minor in everything but our passions.

Pity the selfishness of lovers: it is brief, a forlorn hope; it is impossible.

Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.

It is not helpful to help a friend by putting coins in his pockets when he has got holes in his pockets.

Disappointment tears the bearable film off life.

If you want to be proud of yourself, then do things in which you can take pride

I might wish our Windthorn men were less obsessed with war, but I have to admit it keeps them busy.

We are all blessed, but the problem is that some of us count their blessings while others count their struggles, challenges and obstacles.

When you love something or someone it transforms that thing or person. When you allow yourself to be loved, it transforms you.

O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet.

Jesus Christ opened heaven's door for us by His death on the cross.

I think Naomi Klein was very astute with her book 'Shock Doctrine.' We make money on disaster.

Every one, though born of God in an instant, yet undoubtedly grows by slow degrees.

On a good night, I get underwear, bras, and hotel-room keys thrown onstage... You start to think that you're Tom Jones.

The person who gets hired is not necessarily the one who can do that job best; but, the one who knows the most about how to get hired.