After great pain, a formal feeling comes. The Nerves sit ceremonious, like tombs.

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all.

I am out with lanterns, looking for myself.

We turn not older with years but newer every day.

I hope you love birds too. It is economical. It saves going to heaven.

If you take care of the small things, the big things take care of themselves. You can gain more control over your life by paying closer attention to the little things.

I must go in, the fog is rising.

A good roommate may be the single most important thing to have when one is away at school.

Bring me the sunset in a cup.

Saying nothing... sometimes says the most.

Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.

There's no alternative to being yourself. Accept it, honour it, value it - and get on with it.

Being asked to play 'The Doctor' is an amazing privilege. Like the Doctor himself I find myself in a state of utter terror and delight. I can't wait to get started.

With four of the top ten most violent cities in America, Michigan will never fully flourish unless our governments can fulfill their basic task: protecting public safety.

I have to get out once a week and speak with people or I start thinking I'm the emperor of Abyssinia.

God does not suffer presumption in anyone but himself.

I feel the most pulled together when I'm going for the tomboyish thing.

I romanticized domesticity for a while, and loved having a shopping list of groceries stuck to the fridge for the first time.

Every time we click the shutter, it's like a new day, a new chance to make a clean start, to be original. It's a very exciting and exhausting thing to do.

And wisdom is a butterfly And not a gloomy bird of prey.

Always mind the distance between your dreams and your reality.