A cat understands how to be pleasant in the morning. He doesn't talk.

Money talks and walks, but it does not bark.

You look as scary as a buttered muffin.

Without patience, magic would be undiscovered - in rushing everything, we would never hear its whisper inside.

Threats are the last resort of a man with no vocabulary.

It's harder to heal than it is to kill.

Waves are the voices of tides. Tides are life.

I myself have noticed my growing resemblance to a daffodil.

Didn't they realize that the only way to change things was to act?

Without reading, we are all without light in the dark, without fire in the cold.

Waves are the voices of tides. Tides are life," murmured Niko. "They bring new food for shore creatures, and take ships out to sea. They are the ocean's pulse, and our own heartbeat.

I didn't know it was possible to simultaneously hate and ache for someone.

It's not a bad idea to occasionally spend a little time thinking about things you take for granted. Plain everyday things.

Many of us in our praying are like nasty little boys who ring front door bells and run away before anyone answers.

Words can carry any burden we wish. All that's required is agreement and a tradition upon which to build.

I never lecture, not because I am shy or a bad speaker, but simply because I detest the sort of people who go to lectures and don't want to meet them.

Do you want to be great? Pick up a broom and sweep the floor.

There is no secret to a long marriage - it's hard work...It's serious business, and certainly not for cowards.

Bob says hello," He told the stars. The Argo II sailed into the night.

Shakespeare was of us, Milton was of us, Burns, Shelley, were with us. They watch from their graves!

I'm not sure I understand the compulsion to label things.