Life is, I think, a blunder and a shame.

beyond this place of wrath and tears looms but the horror of the shade

It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll; I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.

Men may scoff, and men may pray, But they pay Every pleasure with a pain.

Life is worth Living Through every grain of it, From the foundations To the last edge Of the cornerstone, death.

So many are the deaths we die Before we can be dead indeed.

Here is the ghost Of a summer that lived for us, Ere is a promise Of summer to be.

Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Open your heart and take us in, Love-love and me.

Were I so tall as to reach the pole or grasp the ocean at a span, I must be measured by my soul. The mind is the standard of the man.

Night with her train of stars And her great gift of sleep.

A hand touched my shoulder, shaking me. I was back on the bus. It was dark and warm and I just wanted to sleep, but Chloe kept shaking my sho

Singing is really where I got my start in church.

The essence of Chess is thinking about what Chess is.

Woman! Do you ever look inside? Do you ever look inside and see what you are not? God!

Fear is really powerful; it's really useful to me.

We will always buy clothes because they let us live our dreams.

Novels function and the power of novels function because of their stories.

I'm not planning to jump off a bridge with no bungee.

In business, as in life, all that matters is that you do something positive.

I think being a good Christian father, your responsibility varies with the age and the stage that your children are at.