Emotion is the surest arbiter of a poetic choice, and it is the priest of all supreme unions in the mind

Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails.

A smile is the universal welcome.

It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor.

Living well is the best revenge.If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door.

People who demand neutrality in any situation are usually not neutral but in favor of the status quo.

The worst enemy of human hope is not brute facts, but men of brains who will not face them.

The real guarantee of freedom is an equilibrium of social forces in conflict, not the triumph of any one force.

A poet in history is divine, but a poet in the next room is a joke

A liberal mind is a mind that is able to imagine itself believing anything.

Laughter puts your brain, your central nervous system and your whole being into a state of free play.

Carolina beach music, " Dupree said, coming up on the porch. "The holiest sound on earth.

The customer is not always right.

Imagination is nostalgia for the past, the absent it is the liquid solution in which art develops the snapshot of reality.

I had to be happy with the process of writing.Each step you take is more rewarding than the one before.

Love is more than blind. It’s brain-dead.

Be intentional about your life and what you want to accomplish, but understand there's no choice you make that you can't change.

Bringing undocumented immigrants out from the shadows, putting them into the formal economy will be good, because then employers can't exploit them and undercut Americans' wages.

Grief doesn't fade. Grief scabs over like my scars and pulls into new, painful configurations as it knits. It hurts in new ways. We are never free from grief.

As we transition from one screen to multiscreens, Google has enormous opportunities to innovate and drive ever higher monetization. Just like Search in 2000.

A woman's body is a dark and monstrous mystery; between her supple thighs a heavy whirlpool swirls, two rivers crash, and woe to him who slips and falls!