There's nothing great Nor small, has said a poet of our day, Whose voice will ring beyond the curfew of eve And not be thrown out by the matin's bell.

I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach.

Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God: But only he who sees takes off his shoes.

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

You're something between a dream and a miracle.

Light tomorrow with today!

You were made perfectly to be loved - and surely I have loved you, in the idea of you, my whole life long.

Silence is the best response to a fool.

I love you for the part of me that you bring out.

Why, what is to live? Not to eat and drink and breathe,—but to feel the life in you down all the fibres of being, passionately and joyfully.

Know what a symbol is?...Shit that stands for shit.

Virtue in a republic is the love of one's country, that is the love of equality.

I like to combine different aspects in my work, to cover different areas, but I do see them as being separate.

The people can change Congress but only God can change the Supreme Court.

They say you can never step in the same river twice. New water flows in, replacing the old and continually renewing the river. The Senate is the same.

Only in books do we learn what’s really going on.

A man in love is like a clipped coupon - it's time to cash in.

We construct a narrative for ourselves, and that's the thread that we follow from one day to the next. People who disintegrate as personalities are the ones who lose that thread.

I think sometimes Hall of Famers might get labeled as guys who aren't suited for a coaching job or to be back at the Major League level.

The wealth of a soul is measured by how much it can feel; its poverty by how little.