People that marry can never part, but must go and keep house together. People that dance only stand opposite each other in a long room for half an hour.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

My heart is, and always will be, yours.

It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder.

Our scars make us know that our past was for real

None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance.

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken.

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

Laughter and irony are at heart reminders that we are not prisoners in this world, but voyagers through it.

The 1957 crisis in Little Rock, brought about by the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School, was a huge part of the march toward freedom and opportunity in America.

You can argue with a philosopher, but you can’t argue with a good song. And I think I’ve got a few good songs.

Evangelism is just one beggar telling another beggar where to find the bread.

Doing makeup was a way to create characters, only I got tired of doing it for other people.

Everywhere that a great soul gives utterance to its thoughts, there also is a Golgotha.

Technology is Darwinian. It spreads. It evolves. It adapts. The most dangerous wipes out the less fit.

Perhaps nothing is more magical then the book. Paper, glue and some words and you are taken away from where you sit, stand, dance, or lean.

Im massively scared of spiders. Even small ones scare the life out of me.

Unblest is he who thinks himself unblest.