There is this value in books, that they enable us to converse with the dead. There is something in this beyond the mere intrinsic worth of what they have left us.

To delight the ear and the eye is a mere sensual indulgence;—true poetry strikes at the soul.

He who is lord of himself, and exists upon his own resources, is a noble but a rare being.

The glory dies not, and the grief is past.

I have observed that vulgar readers almost always lose their veneration for the writings of the genius with whom they have had personal intercourse.

In order to faster become the person I wanted to, I decided to deceive my own dreams.

Survive, survive and survive – these are the quintessential laws of Nature. But survive does not always mean being mean.

I have to trust what I do and then do it.

The customer is a remarkably selfish person: He takes the relationship to where the execution is in his favor.

The trouble with law is lawyers.

Abundance and vigor of automatic movements are desirable, and even a considerable degree of restlessness is a good sign in young children.

I don't like to spend money when I'm traveling. I like to go places like Hawaii and not spend money. I splurge on time.

Don't give me that look. I'm not trying to find out who you are. I don't care who you are. I just want to know why it is you are the way you are.

People read more mysteries than they do political pamphlets.

Thus, gender ideology no only creates ides about femininity but it also shapes conceptions of masculinity.