Critics are sentinels in the grand army of letters, stationed at the corners of newspapers and reviews, to challenge every new author.

Softly the evening came /with the sunset/.

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.

Into each life some rain must fall.

The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.

My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.

Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.

Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time.

If you have few days to live your life, what will be your passion for last days?

Creating life with words is my favorite magic to weave.

Hating creates a hole in the heart.

If we don't protect what we have, it will be destroyed.

I have a good instinct for what's real and what's not. I don't have to second-guess myself.

I think my comedic style is at once bashful and explosive. It's a little bit perverted, and a little bit ladylike and old-fashioned, which is a great mix. Sort of tangy.

One trophy is good, but two are better. That way, when a hero wears his medals on his chest, at least his steps are level as he walks by.

I went solo because I could do much better what I wanted to do. I didn't have to ask or discuss things and ideas that are already shaped in my head.

I am studying ancient civilizations, trying to find what happened to them, finding out why they went into a decline, why they died.

Holiness is doing God's will with a smile.