A great book is like great evil.

I wept as I remembered how often you and I had tired the sun with talking and sent him down the sky.

O Charidas, what of the under world? Great darkness. And what of the resurrection? A lie. And Pluto? A fable; we perish utterly.

Nothing unattested do I sing.

Two goddesses now must Cyprus adore; The Muses are ten, and the Graces are four; Stella's wit is so charming, so sweet her fair face, She shines a new Venus, a Muse, and a Grace.

Big book, a big bore.

I abhor, too, the roaming lover, nor do I drink from every well; I loathe all things in common

A good man never dies.

A big book is a big misfortune.

You're walking by the tomb of Battiades, Who knew well how to write poetry, and enjoy Laughter at the right moment, over the wine.

Here sleeps Saon, of Acanthus, son of Dicon, a holy sleep: say not that the good die.

Research is the process of going up alleys to see if they are blind.

The worst prisons were not constructed of warped steel and stone. They were carved out of expectations and lies, judgment and corruption.

The Veil of Consciousness is a thin sheath thatI wear to view the transparency of the life thatSurrounds me.

When you are discouraged, do not look down. Hold your head up high and you will see the face of God shining a light into your dark place.

The only freedom that deserves a name is that of pursuing our on good, in our own way, so long as we do not deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it ...

Sometimes doing the forbidden can be nice.

The wisdom of God is vaster than the wisdom of man. Failure to pay attention to it will have ramifications.

In those days the best painkiller was ice; it wasn't addictive and it was particularly effective if you poured some whiskey over it.

...for me there is too little of life to spend most of it forcing myself into detachment from it.

What Autotune allows is for people like myself and Kanye West not to depend on the singer. Back in the Fifties, the songwriter was rendered invisible. Now the songwriter is there in the forefront.