The only means of strengthening one's intellect is to make up one's mindabout nothing -- to let the mind be a thoroughfare for all thoughts.

Through the dancing poppies stole A breeze, most softly lulling to my soul.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness.

The only means of strengthening one's intellect is to make up one's mind about nothing, to let the mind be a thoroughfare for all thoughts.

A hope beyond the shadow of a dream.

Land and sea, weakness and decline are great separators, but death is the great divorcer for ever.

Shed no tear - O, shed no tear! The flower will bloom another year. Weep no more - O, weep no more! Young buds sleep in the root's white core.

Open afresh your rounds of starry folds, Ye ardent Marigolds.

And when thou art weary I'll find thee a bed, Of mosses and flowers to pillow thy head.

Neither poetry, nor ambition, nor love have any alertness of countenance as they pass by me.

You are always new, the last of your kisses was ever the sweetest.

Weeping is terrible for the complexion" said Leonie, holding Shayndel close, "but it is very good for the soul.

Ordinary parties, he thought, were subtle games of sexual and social badminton.

You must be worthy of the best, but not more worthy than the rest.

I never feel like I conquered the day and did everything I possibly should have, could have, would have.

Turns out that loving yourself is the greatest way to improve yourself, and as you improve yourself, your improve your world.

I like reading Ball Tongue lyrics and all that stuff. And they published a book, and I wouldn't give my lyrics, and it's all wrong in the book, and I giggle. It's funny.

Right through to the end of the last World Cup game, I still couldnt bear the thought of not being perfect or letting people down.

Like a diaphanous nightgown, language both hides and reveals.

All things considered, I'd rather be in Philadelphia

Civilisation, the orderly world in which we live, is frail. We are skating on thin ice. There is a fear of a collective disaster. Terrorism, genocide, flu, tsunamis.