It is wrong to kill anyone. It is wrong to kill those who kill. It is wrong to kill the executioner. The laws on murder must be killed!

To believe everything is to be an imbecile. To deny everything is to be a fool.

Literature is the expression of society.

Such days of autumnal decline hold a strange mystery which adds to the gravity of all our moods.

After owning books, almost the next best thing is talking about them.

The winter will be long and bleak. Nature has a dismal aspect.

There is something marvelously soft in the study of nature which attaches a name to every being, a thought to every name, affection and memories to every thought.

Our years, our debts, and our enemies are always more numerous than we imagine.

But if what interests you are stories of the fantastic, I must warn you that this kind of story demands more art and judgment than is ordinarily imagined.

Do not be alarmed if they look paler than the other maidens of Greece. They are scarcely of this Earth, and seem to be shaking off the sleep of a past life.

Sometimes when you least expect it, the tables turn and that scary feeling that has taken hold of you for so long somehow turns into hope

All paths lead me to you.

The world is all gates all opportunities strings of tension waiting to be struck.

I read the papers every day just to discover if one mentions Anna Held.

The lure of heady profits of the late 1990's spawned abuses and excesses. With strict enforcement and higher ethical standards, we must usher in a new era of integrity in corporate America.

Secretary of State Colin Powell, thank you so much, as always, for joining us this morning.

Enough experience will make you wise.

I remember that at one time I always made a drawing before going to bed!! - Of myself I mean - though I finally destroyed most of them.

Imagination consists in expelling from reality several incomplete persons, and then using the magic and subversive powers of desire to bring them back in the form of one entirely satisfying presence.

The first element of change is awareness. You can’t change something unless you know it exists.