Go let thy less than woman's hand Assume the distaff not the brand.

There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not Man the less, but Nature more.

Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.

When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall; And when Rome falls--the World.

The heart will break, but broken live on.

Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship.

Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life. The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray.

There are four questions of value in life, Don Octavio. What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love.

And gentle winds and waters near, make music to the lonely ear.

There is no instinct like that of the heart.

Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey.

What's big, thick, makes the earth move, and wants to have its way with you?" "I don't know, but can you introduce me?

My hand-stitched wings itchto take flightto test the winds of changethat inevitably blow at the end of a cycle.

Don't judge me. Ethics and morality no longer exist in our world. It's a luxury of the past, afforded only to those who had a future.

The greatest tragedy that can befall a man is never to know who he really is.

It is bad to suppress laughter. It goes back down and spreads to your hips.

My writing process, such as it is, consists of a lot of noodling, procrastinating, dawdling, and avoiding.

Remember, he is not, like you, a pure spirit. Never having been a human (Oh that abominable advantage of the Enemy's) you don't realize how enslaved they are to the pressure of the ordinary.

It's not enough to learn, one must become.

I'm so close to Heaven, this Hell cannot be mine.

Most Christians are being crucified on a cross between two thieves: Yesterday's regret and tomorrow's worries.