one reason why I like writing poetry - you can say so many things in it that are true in poetry but wouldn't be true in prose.

Twilight drops her curtain down, and pins it with a star.

In daylight I belong to the world . . . in the night to sleep and eternity. But in the dusk I'm free from both and belong only to myself . . . and you

We should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us.

Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think. It's splendid to find out there are so many of them in the world.

In this world you've just got to hope for the best and prepare for the worst and take whatever God sends.

A bosom friend - an intimate friend, you know - a really kindred spirit to whom I can confide my inmost soul.

It's bad enough to feel insignificant, but it's unbearable to have it grained into your soul that you will never, can never, be anything but insignificant.

If we don't chase things, sometimes the things following us can catch up." -L.M. Montgomery

I've always loved the night and I'll like lying awake and thinking over everything in life, past, present and to come. Especially to come.

It seems to me a most dreadful thing to go out of the world and not leave one person behind you who is sorry you are gone,' said Anne, shuddering.

Pray FOR positive outcomes, never ON perceived dilemmas

There are few qualities more vital than a strong yearning. That desire to reach a little farther, to be a little more, yearning...for a piece of something greater, can often make all the difference.

Everyone, both big and small, can pull their weight, and ensure that the hopes and dreams of every child become realities.

I'm not trying to sound like I turned into some kind of wise man, but it's nice to realize that your little pocket of the world isn't the whole world.

If our civilization is destroyed, it will not be by his barbarians from below. Our barbarians come from above.

As an actor, you always want to do the juicy stuff. But, it's important to get the levels right.

And Paul hits this chord, and I turn to him and say, 'That's it! Do that again!' In those days we really used to absolutely write like that - both playing into each other's noses.

Every day is different, and some days are better than others, but no matter how challenging the day, I get up and live it.

Yet still we hug the dear deceit.

But at this place, at this moment of time, all mankind is us, whether we like it or not. Let us make the most of it, before it is too late!