Where true Love burns Desire is Love's pure flame; It is the reflex of our earthly frame, That takes its meaning from the nobler part, And but translates the language of the heart.

Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of aphorisms: and the greatest and best of men is but an aphorism.

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

There is one art of which people should be masters - the art of reflection.

Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.

A great mind must be androgynous.

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.

That gracious thing, made up of tears and light.

The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.

Religion is the most gentlemanly thing in the world. It alone will gentilize, if unmixed with cant.

Poor little Foal of an oppressed race! I love the languid patience of thy face.

Books can truly change our lives: the lives of those who read them, the lives of those who write them. Readers and writers alike discover things they never knew about the world and about themselves.

That girl is a grade one a-hole with a severe attitudinal problem.

Man, surrounded by facts, permitting himself no surprise, no intuitive flash, no great hypothesis, no risk, is in a locked cell. Ignorance cannot seal the mind and imagination more securely.

One good thing about being young is that you're not experienced enough to know what can't be done.

When you're shooting a movie that's not necessarily a huge budget, you have to think about what you can leave out and still make it interesting.

Acting on television is like being asked by the captain to entertain the passengers while the ship goes down.

Everything I show you is the truth-And the truth is the loveliest of lies.

They tried to get me - I got them first! [Suicide.]

Making art is nothing but risk, always. If it's not risk, it's no good.

I started performing opera when I was 10 years old. I didn't perform as Zola Jesus until I was probably 18.