A red, red rose, all wet with dew, With leaves of green by red shot through.

There are brown eyes in the world, after all, as well as blue, and one pair of brown that meant heaven to me as the blue had never done

It is a curious thing that people only ask if you are enjoying yourself when you aren't.

The tragedy wasn’t that Stanford White died, but that I lived.

There is no bond like the bond of having read and liked the same books.

There is a curtain, thin as gossamer, clear as glass, strong as iron, that hangs forever between the world of magic and the world that seems to us to be real.

Time and space are only forms of thought.

Ladylike is the beastliest word there is, I think. If a girl isn't a lady, it isn't worth while to be only like one, she'd better let it alone and be a free and happy bounder.

Nobody can live in the past or the future without being something of a nut.

everything has an end, and you get to it if you only keep on.

It is wonderful how quickly you get used to things, even the most astonishing.

Children respect discipline. They want to be guided. It gives them a sense of belonging, a sense of security.

Men and girls, men and girls: Artificial swine and pearls.

There is no such thing as a good war or a bad peace.

Savant syndrome and autism, I think, are not disorders of brain structure, but they're disorders of brain function.

I would say to the new leadership the American people are ready to meet you if you move forward toward the path of democracy.

I thought I might teach philosophy but the atmosphere of a college faculty repelled me; the few islands of greatness seemed to be washed by seas of pettiness and mediocrity.

A purpose you impart is no longer your own.

Evil isn't a cosmological riddle, only just selfish human behavior.

The river that flows in you also flows in me.

It's the privilege of a lifetime for me to work with the most innovative people on Earth.