[The] whirlwind fife-and-drum of the storm bends the salt marsh grass, disturbs stars in the sky and the star on the steeple; it is a privilege to see so much confusion.

As for butterflies, I can hardly conceive of one's attending upon you; but to question the congruence of the complement is vain, if it exists.

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.

Your thorns are the best part of you.

Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others.

Originality is... a by-product of sincerity.

Camels are snobbish and sheep, unintelligent; water buffaloes, neurasthenic-- even murderous. Reindeer seem over-serious.

Omissions are not accidents.

The hands are the heart's messengers.

The passion for setting people right is in itself an afflictive disease.

When one cannot appraise out of one's own experience, the temptation to blunder is minimized, but even when one can, appraisal seems chiefly useful as appraisal of the appraiser.

Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.

They were relieved that I was chosen by a human being, " she'd said to Angelica in her dry voice. "They were braced for an interspecies liaison.

Book clubs are the best thing that has happened to the world of publishing.

Christmas is not a myth, not a tradition, not a dream. It is a glorious reality.

In the long run, greater investment would mean greater productivity and income growth.

Soul-winning is the chief business of the Christian minister; it should be the main pursuit of every true believer.

Metallica is the world to me - it always has been, and that's not going to change. I'm married to Metallica.

You have to endure what you can't change.

Of all the things that human beings did together, the sexual act was the one with the most various of reasons.

Purity of soul cannot be lost without consent.