A realist, in Venice, would become a romantic by mere faithfulness to what he saw before him.

The desert of virginity Aches in the hotness of her mouth.

My soul is like this cloudy, flaming opal ring.

The clamours of spring are the same old delicate noises, The earth renews its magical youth at a breath.

Vaguely conscious of that great suspense in which we live, we find our escape from its sterile, annihilating reality in many dreams, in religion, passion, art.

As perfume doth remain In the folds where it hath lain, So the thought of you, remaining Deeply folded in my brain, Will not leave me: all things leave me: You remain.

The wind is rising on the sea,The windy white foam-dancers leap;And the sea moans uneasily,And turns to sleep, and cannot sleep.

The English mist is always at work like a subtle painter, and London is a vast canvas prepared for the mist to work on.

To have loved, to have been made happy thus, / What better fate has life in store for us?

I had my dreams of Venice, but nothing that I had dreamed was as impossible as what I found.

It is in their eyes that their magic resides.

The snooze button is useless if you love life enough to get up on time.

Oh baby, your planet sounds like paradise but it just doesn't fly down here in the trenches.

It is only when you take responsibility for your life that you discover how powerful you truly are

Don't be caught up in your outer world. Pay greater attention to your inner world

Portable designs have the power to transform unused public spaces into dynamic environments that build and invite communal experiences.

I cried at first, and then, it was such a beautiful day, that I forgot to be unhappy.

I read a lot. I liked a tremendous number of poets and writers. The person whose work I liked the most was Joyce.

The FBI is unique in that it straddles both law enforcement and counterintelligence.

People always ask me, 'Why did your wife take that extra job?' What they don't know is that four out of five days a week she's going to be home having dinner with us by five o'clock.

Don't fear the enemy that attacks you, but the fake friend that hugs you.