I abhor a hoe. I am fond of flowers but not of dirt, and had rather buy them than cultivate them.

Patience is passion tamed.

Do not teach your children never to be angry; teach them how to be angry.

In New York - whose subway trains in particular have been "tattooed" with an energy to put our own rude practitioners to shame - not an inch of free space is spared except that of advertisements.

A child is a beam of sunlight from the Infinite and Eternal, with possibilities of virtue and vice - but as yet unstained.

Every life is a march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice.

The artist does not really create; he discovers.

It is a shame for a man to be a millionaire in possessions if he is not also a millionaire in beneficence.

We often pray for purity, unselfishness, for the highest qualities of character, and forget that these things cannot be given, but must be earned.

The highest qualities of character...must be earned.

Religion is not a conclusion of the reason.

If I owned Texas and Hell, I would rent out Texas and live in Hell

Self-love the perfect soil from which to grow love.

Never a good sign, he thought, when the crows showed up.

Bluestar's coming on patrol? Watch out for flying hedgehogs!

To know Paris, Bruno began, pulling on his cigarette, you need to relax, have a glass of wine, and enjoy life.

The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever.

I went to college, but I learned to write by reading - and writing.

I resisted parenthood for a long, long time. But having a daughter has given me a sense of hopefulness that I didn't have before.

Ever since I was a little boy, I dreamed I would do something important in aviation.