Down sank the great red sun, and in golden, glimmering vapors Veiled the light of his face, like the Prophet descending from Sinai.

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.

The more you leave out, the more you highlight what you leave in.

Progress is hard on history.

I like to think I'm a listener, and I'm fascinated by observing people - I suppose you just lock that in.

Nothing seems to come up to your expectations. But nothing I had heard about Hollywood was enough.

My idea of perfect happiness is a healthy family, peace between nations, and all the critics die.

It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.

It is the hour of pearl—the interval between day and night when time stops and examines itself.

You should've just gotten a kids' meal.” Adrian told me, pointing to my half-eaten burger and fries. “You could've saved me a lot of money. And gotten a toy.

Metaphor for the night sky: a trillion asterisks and no explanations.

As with many Southern Writers, I believe that the special quality of the land itself indelibly shapes the people who dwell upon it.