What the younger generation didn't understand was that the grass was greenest where it's watered.

That a day spent with dreaming and sunsets and refreshing breezes cannot be bettered.

Love is like the wind, you can't see it but you can feel it.

I fell in love with her when we were together, then fell deeper in love with her in the years we were apart.

You are, and always have been, my dream.

In the blink of an eye, something happens by chance - when you least expect it - sets you on a course that you never planned, into a future you never imagined.

I want you to be.... happy.

I mean, if the relationship can't survive the long term, why on earth would it be worth my time and energy for the short term?

The scariest thing about distance is that you don’t know whether they’ll miss you or forget you.

You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love.

Writing the last page of the first draft is the most enjoyable moment in writing. It's one of the most enjoyable moments in life, period.

Life has pounded me downand thrashed me around, Time and time again, But I always get right back up, Because I still love life -Just as the earth still lovesThe rain.

Pride ... is the direct appreciation of oneself.

Floating screw - that's what people used to call me.

Women are naturally prone to compete over their mates.

Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.

A man's name, title, and rank are artificial and impermanent; they do nothing to reveal what he really is, even to himself.

People should talk less and draw more. Personally, I would like to renounce speech altogether and, like organic nature, communicate everything I have to say visually.

Life is a mystery. Life is uncertain. It makes one feel a bit wobbly to realize that.

Of course 'Hamlet' is a debate about the nature and morality of revenge and whether it is right to do something to assuage your angry feelings.

[John Carlos] has spent much of his life since that time as a dedicated human rights advocate and public speaker, and he is out now with a wonderful new text; a memoir, in fact.