A woman is seldom roused to great and courageous exertion but when something most dear to her is in immediate danger.

Good-morrow to thy sable beak, And glossy plumage, dark and sleek, Thy crimson moon and azure eye

A willing heart adds feather to the heel.

If my heart were not light, I would die.

Pampered vanity is a better thing perhaps than starved pride.

I have seen the day, when, if a man made himself ridiculous, the world would laugh at him. But now, everything that is mean, disgusting, and absurd, pleases them but so much the better!

The bliss even of a moment still is bliss.

My day is closed! the gloom of night is come! a hopeless darkness settles over my fate.

But woman's grief is like a summer storm, Short as it violent is.

I wish I were with some of the wild people that run in the woods, and know nothing about accomplishments!

Time never bears such moments on his wing as when he flies too swiftly to be marked.

Elias and Laia are each other’s countermelodies. I am just a dissonant note.

After a short silence the doctor raised himself a little in his chair and asked if Tarrou had an idea of the path to follow for attaining peace. "Yes, he replied. "The path of sympathy.

I did improv at Yale, with the Exit Players. It was great, but they played a little rough.

Writing music uses a whole different process that involves a lot of noodling and just seeing what comes.

The thought of how far the human race would have advanced without government simply staggers the imagination.

Only a fool tries to reconstruct a bunch of grapes from a bottle of wine.

I started writing seriously when I was a teenager, around 14 years old.

If you bring five percent more awareness to your work tomorrow, or to your most important relationship, what might you do differently? Are you willing to find out?

For your own safety, do not ever tell an astrophysicist, I hope all your stars are twinkling.

Our ability to receive is a necessary component if we desire to own our power, claim our worth and live fearlessly.