It is our work to cast care, and it is God's work to take care.

Rise above the deceptions and temptations of the mind. This is your duty. You are born for this only

Whatever it is I'm born to do, my fear of failing at it has almost become greater than my desire to figure out what it is.

Dinner a time when . . . one should eat wisely but not too well and talk well but not too wisely.

I always wrote poetry and stuff like that, so putting songs together wasn't that spectacular.

If yet your blood does not rage, then it is water that flows in your veins. For what is the flush of youth, if it is not of service to the motherland.

What do I miss? Second-hand bookshops where I can find things I had no idea I wanted. AbeBooks helps, but it doesn't have that smell.

I've never particularly liked the idea of looking back; I'd rather look forward

Who longs in solitude to live, Ah! soon his wish will gain: Men hope and love, men get and give, and leave him to his pain.

I always say that I don't like it when people follow trends too much, just because it is on the runway. I think what you wear really does need to reflect what your own personal style is.

Every thread you discover in the local web of life leads beyond your place to life elsewhere.