Alas, for the effects of bad tea and bad temper!

Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.

I've dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after.

Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree.

Cathy, this lamb of yours threatens like a bull!' he said. 'It is in danger of splitting its skull against my knuckles. By God! Mr. Linton, I'm mortally sorry that you are not worth knocking down!

I have dreamed in my life, dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas; they have gone through and through me, like wine through water, and altered the color of my mind.

A person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o clock, runs a chance of leaving the other half undone.

I will walk where my own nature would be leading.

No coward soul is mine.

I'm wearying to escape into that glorious world, and to be always there; not seeing it dimly through tears, and yearning for it through the walls of an aching heart; but really with it, and in it.

Treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends; they wound those who resort to them worse than their enemies.

If the Earth gets hit by an asteroid, it's game over. It's control-alt-delete for civilization.

Because I came in second place, it makes me want to work harder

As to why people like Joseph Lelyveld are writing memoirs, I think they're just catching on the coattails of the trend.

Taste is a result of a thousand distastes.

I think that 'system think' is a mindset.

With music, it feels natural that, in my head, I can pull things apart and then put them back together very quickly.

Men are but children of a larger growth.

I can pay my rent now. I guess I could always do that, but now I can get an apartment with heat.

I won player of the year and players' player, two cups and two championship medals, had a great time.

I have a deep respect for musicians, and I feel like I would want to be so prepared and so well-educated and deep in the process before I ever release anything.