Reading is my favourite occupation, when I have leisure for it and books to read.

She left me, offended at my want of sympathy, and thinking, no doubt, that I envied her. I did not - at least, I firmly believed I did not.

But, God knows best, I concluded.

The ties that bind us to life are tougher than you imagine, or than any one can who has not felt how roughly they may be pulled without breaking.

That wish - that prayer - both men and women would have scorned me for - "But, Father, Thou wilt not despise!" I said, and felt that it was true.

What business had I to think of one that never thought of me?

One bright day in the last week of February, I was walking in the park, enjoying the threefold luxury of solitude, a book, and pleasant weather.

History written in pencil is easily erased, but crayon is forever.

Do not allow the adumbrations of Aristotelian logic to prevent you from seeing a vast spectrum of truths

I had a dream about you last night... in it, we wondered why dogs come in packs but you can't pack dogs.

I wrote '('Til) I Kissed You' about a girl I met in Australia. Her name was Lilian, and she was very, very inspirational. I was married, but... I wrote the song about her on the way back home.

You're not going to see a new Bernard Hopkins. I'm too old for that crap. I think what you will see is something different that I know I am capable of doing.

Any article's good. Long as it's publicity, I think that's all that matters. I think it's advancement for my career.

You just witnessed an old-fashioned rump kicking.

My ability to concentrate and work toward that goal has been my greatest asset.

Power is when you have every justification to kill someone, and then you don't.

Poetry is a natural energy resource of our country. It has no energy crisis, possessing a potential that will last as long as the country. Its power is equal to that of any country in the world.