I take it that I must be the eternal playfellow of time. For piety and common-sense and death are rightfully time's toys; and it is with these three that I divert myself.

Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is.

No lady is ever a gentleman.

Why is the King of Hearts the only one that hasn't a moustache?

There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.

While it is well enough to leave footprints on the sands of time, it is even more important to make sure they point in a commendable direction.

People never want to be told anything they do not believe already.

Time changes all things and cultivates even in herself an appreciation of irony, and, therefore, why shouldn't I have changed a trifle?

Literature is a vast bazaar where customers come to purchase everything except mirrors.

Good and evil keep very exact accounts... and the face of every man is their ledger.

Creeds matter very little... The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true. So I elect for neither label.

I think deeply and write feelings from my soul.

While parchment may burn and gold may be stained or melted down, the things that are truly important to us will never lose their value.

Knowledge makes us stronger, but power is not supersede by it (knowledge). Vulnerable is power without knowledge. Impracticable is knowledge without power

The larger the pile of rubble you leave behind, the larger your place in the historical record!

I'm learning Spanish - I got Rosetta Stone for Christmas.

The process of book writing for me is entirely one of trial and error.

Mommy. It's just the one thing you don't want to mess up.

I'm not saying I look cool, but every single time I go onstage, it is a fail if I don't feel like I'm going to pass out at least twice.

It's impossible not to be taken in by the spectacle of oneself, which is the biggest sin of the culture right now.

Whilst breezy waves toss up their silvery spray.