Love's mysteries in souls do grow, But yet the body is his book.

No Spring nor Summer beauty hath such grace As I have seen in one Autumnal face.

No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.

Death comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal when it comes.

Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime, nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.

Busy old fool, unruly Sun, why dost thou thus through windows and through curtains call on us? Must to thy motions lovers seasons run?

Twice or thrice had I loved thee before I knew thy face or name, so in a voice, so in a shapeless flame, angels affect us oft, and worshiped be.

What gnashing is not a comfort, what gnawing of the worm is not a tickling, what torment is not a marriage bed to this damnation, to be secluded eternally, eternally, eternally from the sight of God?

Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

More than kisses, letters mingle souls.

When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language.

It was important, Dumbledore said, to fight, and fight again, and keep fighting, for only then could evil be kept at bay, though never quite eradicated. . . .

It's so easy to judge things we don't understand.

The sky is like a black sieve pierced by silver drops that tremble, ready to burst through.

If you tell people that they have what it takes to succeed, they'll prove you right

Being a chef is the best job in the world.

Our true worth doesn't come from the work we do, it comes from who we are as human beings.

I usually play disenfranchised youth

The way to build your savings is by spending less each month.

I remain convinced that I can be a true universalist only when I am a better Jew.