A puritan is such a one as loves God with all his soul, but hates his neighbor with all his heart.

The place has entered me...it has coloured my life like a stain.

The 19th century had chosen only to remember the happy warrior. The 20th century only the blood come gargling. Both are essential to any understanding of Trafalgar.

Being a superpower is like being a Santa Claus that everyone hates.

I can weave threads of myself into a tapestry already designed by others.

I write because I want to give strength to myself

This is wisdom: to love wine beauty and the heavenly spring. That's sufficient-the rest is worthless.

I like to aim for significance over success because rarely can you be significant and also successful, but many people can be successful and not significant.

I never felt like dying was a good idea.

Art is nothing without form.

Jazz is not background music. You must concentrate in order to get the most out of it. You must absorb it.

There’s nothing more haunting than the cry of a child that cannot be returned with food — the most fundamental expectation of every human being.

Hold back the tide. Keep your kids innocent as long as possible.