Married life had taught Toran the futility of arguing with a female in dark-brown mood. He shrugged, and left her.

The human mind works at low efficiency. Twenty percent is the figure usually given. When, momentarily, there is a flash of greater power, it is termed a hunch, or insight, or intuition.

Society is much more easily soothed than one's own conscience.

I am afraid a monster is grown that will devour all of us. Yet we must fight him.

The clown’s eyes sidled towards her, then drew away quickly. “But they kept me away from you earlier-and, on my word, you may laugh, but I was lonely for missing friendship.

Married life had taught him the futility of arguing with a female in a dark-brown mood.

He slept that night the sleep of a successfully stubborn man.

For a wise man, I have been told, once said, ‘Gratitude is best and most effective when it does not evaporate in empty phrases.’ But alas, my lady, I am but a mass of empty phrases, it would seem.

To be successful you must be willing to work hard, work smart, work consistently, and most importantly do all three simultaneously over a long period of time.

Be still my soul.

You're a beautiful wreck.

And when I got sick I felt confident that if it was the last thing I ever recorded before I left this earth, I would be really proud of it.

Luckily my parents were not against my ambition, they've always been very supportive. But they were adamant that I went to university first.

Think global, act local.

I'm not really a partier, in general. I've definitely learned that that's probably the least interesting thing you can do with your time.

Isn't it possible, he wondered, for one person to love another without trying to own each other? Or is that buried so deep in our genes that we can never get it out? Territoriality.

I do remember, the first time we met [with Patti Smith], the door opening with a squeak. And then there was this very beautiful girl looking out.

It is not what you say that matters but the manner in which you say it; there lies the secret of the ages.