But if you ever come to a road where danger; Or guilt or anguish or shame's to share. Be good to the lad who loves you true, And the soul that was born to die for you; And whistle and I'll be there.

And malt does more than Milton can to justify God's ways to man.

Great literature should do some good to the reader: must quicken his perception though dull, and sharpen his discrimination though blunt, and mellow the rawness of his personal opinions.

That is the land of lost content, I see it shining plain, the happy highways where I went and cannot come again.

They put arsenic in his meat And stared aghast to watch him eat; They poured strychnine in his cup And shook to see him drink it up.

Now, of my threescore years and ten, Twenty will not come again.

Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough.

On Wenlock Edge the wood's in trouble;His forest fleece the Wrekin heaves;The wind it plies the saplings double, And thick on Severn snow the leaves.

The last hour from midnight had lost half its quarters, and the stars went lifting up the great minutes.

The house of delusions is cheap to build but drafty to live in.

Oh I have been to Ludlow fair, and left my necktie God knows where. And carried half way home, or near, pints and quarts of Ludlow beer.

Writing starts with living.—Rumors of Water: Thoughts on Creativity & Writing

God is still in the miracle working business. He's still the same God yesterday, today and forevermore.

It’s embarrassing to tell you this, but it seems to come down mostly to just learning to be kinder.

Our sires' age was worse than our grandsires'. We their sons are more worthless than they: so in our turn we shall give the world a progeny yet more corrupt.

It takes asking many questions from many perspectives to truly understand something.

It's all about perfection, isn't it?

The definition of insanity in Texas is so insane that it's impossible to be insane in Texas.

The most functional way to regulate difficult emotions in love relationships is to share them.

I dont plan on stopping anytime soon.

If Britain must choose between Europe and the open sea, she must always choose the open sea.