But I believe that God is overheadAnd as life is to the living, so death is to the dead.

Whenever a snowflake leaves the sky,It turns and turns to say "Good-by!Good-by, dear clouds, so cool and gray!"Then lightly travels on its way.

Luxuries unfit us for returning to hardships easily endured before.

Grandma told me all about it, Told me so I couldn't doubt it, How she danced, my grandma danced; long ago.

What a dreadful thing it must be to have a dull father.

But when a snowflake, brave and meek,Lights on a rosy maiden's cheek,It starts-"How warm and soft the day!""'T is summer!" and it melts away.

[On the Netherlands:] There is not a richer or more carefully tilled garden spot in the whole world than this leaky, springy little country.

Life is a mystery as deep as ever death can be.

[On The Netherlands:] ... the entire country is a kind of saturated sponge.

I'm as true a Protestant, in sooth, as any fine lady that walks into church, but it's not wrong to turn sometimes to the good St. Nicholas.

She waits for me, my lady Earth, Smiles and waits and sighs; I'll say her nay, and hide away, Then take her by surprise.

Working a 40 hour work week is a very shallow and unfulfilling experience for many people.

And which one of you wimpy men will be doing the killing?

My wife runs a non-profit that gives legal information online to victims of domestic violence.

No matter what, the very first piece of Social Media Real Estate I'd start with is a blog.

I myself love to read those Victorian novels which go on and on, and you don't read them in one sitting. You might read one over the course of a summer, but that isn't what I want to write.

I don't reflect much, unless I'm talking to the media. I have more of a "Forward, march!" kind of attitude.

Afghanistan is a rural nation, where 85 percent of people live in the countryside. And out there it's very, very conservative, very tribal - almost medieval.

Promptly improve your accidents.

A sniper is like a genius - it’s not enough to be one, you have to be one at something.

I slipped myself some pink Xannies/And danced around the house in all-over print panties.