Madam Life's a piece in bloom Death goes dogging everywhere: she's the tenant of the room, he's the ruffian on the stair.

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.

Don't worry. Life goes on. With or without you. So, live it, while it's given you.

Truth is in the guidance of the Coven. Is it a curse or a blessing?

The role of citizen in our democracy does not end with your vote.

There aren't more lady songwriters for the same reason that there aren't more lady doctors or lady accountants or lady lawyers; not enough women have the time for careers.

No one can be an unbeliever nowadays. The Christian apologists have left one nothing to disbelieve.

It is preferable not to travel with a dead man.

I don't change. The things around me change.

There's many scripting languages in the world, Perl is a little bit special because it is based more on some ideas from the way natural languages work.

I want to do things where the talent range is difficult and that scare me. I thrive on that; if it's not scaring me then I'm not growing.

Horrible things happen when you run out of other people's money, and life and work becomes a burden when there is no reward for your effort.