Off Cape Horn there are but two kinds of weather, neither one of them a pleasant kind.

I have seen the Lady April bringing the daffodils, Bringing the springing grass and the soft warm April rain.

Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir, Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine, With a cargo of ivory, And apes and peacocks, Sandalwood, cedarwood, and sweet white wine.

I hold that when a person dies / His soul returns again to earth; / Arrayed in some new flesh disguise / Another mother gives him birth / With sturdier limbs and brighter brain.

O lovely lily clean, O lily springing green, O lily bursting white, Dear lily of delight, Spring in my heart agen That I may flower to men.

I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky; and all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by.

Men in a ship are always looking up, and men ashore are usually looking down.

The three foundations of judgement: Bold Design, Constant Practice, and Frequent Mistakes.

Success is the brand on the brow of the man who aimed too low.

What am I, Life? A thing of watery salt Held in cohesion by unresting cells, Which work they know not why, which never halt, Myself unwitting where their Master dwells?

To most of us the future seems unsure. But then it always has been; and we who have seen great changes must have great hopes.

...and my eyes no longer gaze the same on the face of the world.

He says, "You know I love you. Still. Forever".

The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.

It's a funny business. I kind of compare it to baseball. I'm always looking for a home run.

I thought 'Out of Africa' would be a beautiful ballet.

I'm going to live what I believe

I am for free commerce with all nations; political connection with none; and little or no diplomatic establishment

I urge you to pursue preserving your personal history to allow your children and grandchildren to know who you were as a child and what your hopes and dreams were.

the kind of kiss that said, I want to consume every inch of you and hear you scream my name.

Unacceptable, maybe. But not unthinkable. Nothing's unthinkable once somebody's thought it.