Evil is a necessary part of the order of the universe.

Nothing in the world is permanent, and we’re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we’re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it.

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.

To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.

The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.

The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.

It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved.

The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.

Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been." _Mark Twain (Author)

Take Action: Success is not guaranteed but inaction will guaranty failure.

You can’t be friends with a droid.

Can't even feel dissapointed when seeingheaven ain't as wonderful as ever expected.

I had walked all over the fragile bloom of his heart like a Boadicea in Blahniks

Growing up, I had the weird fantasy list: I wanted to be Alice Cooper, Steven Spielberg, and Stan Lee. You have to have almost psychotic drive, because you're going to have years of failure.

Let all Men know thee, but no man know thee thoroughly: Men freely ford that see the shallows.

Seeing with the eyes of Christ, I can give to others much more than their outward necessities; I can give them the look of love which they crave.

When a husband says, "I run things in my home" he may mean the washing machine, the dishwasher and the vacuum cleaner.