Shall I make it clear, boys, for all to apprehend, Those that will not hear, boys, waiting for the end, Knowing it is near, boys, trying to pretend, Sitting in cold fear, boys, waiting for the end?

This world is good enough for me, if only I can be good enough for it.

Liberal hopefulness Regards death as a mere border to an improving picture.

Life involves maintaining oneself between contradictions that can't be solved by analysis.

The machinations of ambiguity are among the very roots of poetry.

Poetry contains nothing haphazard.

The heart of standing is that you cannot fly.

The central function of imaginative literature is to make you realize that other people act on moral convictions different from your own.

Law makes long spokes of the short stakes of men.

Twixt devil and deep sea, man hacks his caves; Birth, death; one, many; what is true, and seems; Earth's vast hot iron, cold space's empty waves.

Proust has listed a great many reasons why it is impossible to be happy, but, in the course of being happy, one finds it difficult to remember them.

Nothing will unfold for us unless we move toward whatlooks to us like nothing: faith is a cascade.

Oh, I don't wonder babies always cry when they wake up in the night. So often I want to do it too.

The artist like the God of the creation remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork invisible refined out of existence indifferent paring his fingernails.

Don't judge other people. For example, if you want God's anointing to be on you for parenting, you need to be careful not to criticize other parents.

When somebody promises to do something, you have to think about whether that's something that you would be willing to see happen because the powers are simply too vast.

When someone is upset, it’s not a good time to bring up your own problems.

You know the Dutch, they're always a bit funny... some of them.

Showing a profit means touching something and leaving it better than you found it.

Within our mandate, the ECB is ready to do whatever it takes to preserve the euro. And believe me, it will be enough.

I'm not very bright about money. I'm not domestic either. If I don't learn how to cook, maybe I won't have to.