In simple hearts the feeling for the beauty and grandeur of nature is a hundred-fold stronger and more vivid than in us, ecstatic composers of narratives in words and on paper.

Many a calm river begins as a turbulent waterfall, yet none hurtles and foams all the way to the sea.

I was ready to love the whole world, but no one understood me, and I learned to hate.

Afraid of decision, I buried my finer feelings in the depths of my heart and they died there.

An unusual beginning must have an unusual end.

He in his madness prays for storms, and dreams that storms will bring him peace.

Women love only those whom they do not know!

We almost always forgive those we understand.

What is this eternity to me without you? What is the infinity of my domains? Empty ringing words, A spacious temple - without a divinity!

I was born, so that the whole world could be a spectatorOf my triumph or my doom.

In the first place, [his eyes] never laughed when he laughed. Have you ever noticed this peculiarity some people have? It is either the sign of an evil nature or of a profound and lasting sorrow.

I have never been reduced to begging somebody to leave me alone, but in your case I’ll make an exception.

No poetry that I'm aware of, however bad or glorious, has ever left somebody a worse person than they were before they read it.

We never got on a big, big tour, but we did a lot of spot dates.

I listened to my record and hear lots of influences. And it's very rich... it's got a wide spectrum.

When I was little, I got into a little accident, and it gave me congenital glaucoma in both of my eyes.

Offensive acts come back upon the evil doer, like dust that is thrown against the wind.

Stephen jerked his thumb towards the window, saying: — That is God. Hooray! Ay! Whrrwhee! — What? Mr Deasy asked. — A shout in the street, Stephen answered, shrugging his shoulders.

Fighting is the best thing a man can have in his soul.

I started doing a paper round when I was about 10. I started earning $10 a week and then I was obsessed with earning money until I was about 15.

Unhappy is the man, though he rule the world, who doesn't consider himself supremely blessed.