Her lips were red, her looks were free, Her locks were yellow as gold: Her skin was white as leprosy, The Nightmare Life-in-Death was she, Who thicks man's blood with cold.

Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of aphorisms: and the greatest and best of men is but an aphorism.

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

There is one art of which people should be masters - the art of reflection.

Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.

A great mind must be androgynous.

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.

That gracious thing, made up of tears and light.

The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.

Religion is the most gentlemanly thing in the world. It alone will gentilize, if unmixed with cant.

Poor little Foal of an oppressed race! I love the languid patience of thy face.

It sounds like you aren't used to having something so powerful between your legs, " Abbey said. "Maybe you should let me drive.

The only thing which can tell us about the novel is the novel.

When we love and want nothing but good for that person, it's one of the greatest gifts we possess.

The erotic is a measure between the beginnings of our sense of self and the chaos of our strongest feelings.

If this world is going to be reached, I am convinced that it must be done by men and women of average talent.

I used to walk around saying that I'm just another black man without a college degree.

Things will always go wrong so ride through your difficulties and learn from them.

You can fake your way to the table, but ultimately you have to learn how to eat.

What else may hap, to time I will commit.