In this watering-place I acted an heroic character, badly studied; and being a novice on such a stage, I forgot my part before a pair of lovely blue eyes.

All possible means were used by the infatuated parents to conclude the bargain; and deception put an end to these usual artifices.

Because it appears to me a hazardous thing to exchange my soul for my shadow.

When I spoke, I was listened to; and I was at a loss to know how I had so easily acquired the art of commanding attention, and giving the tone to the conversation.

Of what use were wings to a man fast bound in chains of iron?

In pain a new time is born.

What use would wings be to a man bound in iron fetters? They would only drive him to even greater despair.

A person without a shadow should keep out of the sun, that is the only safe and rational plan.

Hope roves in a future of fame and wealth.

In pain is a new time born.

I am a solitary wave in the dark and desolate sea: and the sparkling glass I drank was drugged with misery.

Nothing heals better than saying good truthful words to oneself. If the heart feels them, everything else gets better.

I think. I write. I am.

You're the hunter, the warrior. You're stronger than anyone else here, that's your tragedy.

Hope is confidence.

As long as there are sovereign nations possessing great power, war is inevitable.

Running isn't a sport because anyone can do it. Anything we can all do can't be a sport. I can run, you can run. My mother can run, you don't see her on the cover of Sports Illustrated do you?

When you understand who and what you are, your radiance projects into the universal radiance and everything around you becomes creative and full of opportunity.

I still believe in getting married in churches and baptizing children. I go through those motions.

I loved teaching. It was my world. I only left because I was overwhelmed with three careers - teaching, writing, and my family.

Intellectually I'm probably a Republican.