Only the small things in life are important

That is originally why the concept evolved to include accessories. We found that furniture sells better when you show it with accessories.

A lot of truths about the living world are recorded in bad books; they are just badly written about.

Anyway, I am unfitted to hold down a job anywhere unless they were to pay me for getting angry at the world." 96

I am not an encore, not a pudding, I am the main dish.

There is a fear of voluptuousness that is itself voluptuous, just as a certain fear of death can itself be deadly.

A moving shadow means more to us than a body at rest. We are no longer taken in by a fixed grin. We know that only death has a rictus.

They talk about prohibition in America. What can one do in a country such as that?   'What does one do in America when one is sad - without alcohol?' asks Zwonimir.

Anyone called upon to view misery will view criminality differently. All state officials should be required to spend a month serving in a homeless shelter to learn love.

Morning birdsong filled the room. For all his high opinion of birds, privileged among God's creatures, still, deep in his heart, the Emperor did not trust them, just as he did not trust artists.

you must be careful with kindness. It's usually mistaken for weakness by stupid people.

The lesser of two evils was still evil.

You can't just say there is a god because the world is beautiful. You have to account for bone cancer in children.

We are a European nation - must stay one.

One bad day could turn into a bad year if you're not careful. Or, a bad rest of your life if you're not careful. Because of one day!

People will always be around to tell you you're no good or you're wrong or unwise to keep doing what you want to do. They're wrong. They're always wrong. Keep going.

Life had already given him sufficient reasons for knowing that no defeat was the final one.

Our fruitless labours mourn, And only rich in barren fame return.

Crystalline swirls of sugar and flour still lingered in the air like kite tails.

Despotism sits nowhere so secure as under the effigy and ensigns of freedom.