And in the afternoon they entered a land - but such a land! A land hung in mourning, darkened by gigantic cypresses, submerged; a land of reptiles, silence, shadow, decay.

For summer there, bear in mind, is a loitering gossip, that only begins to talk of leaving when September rises to go.

It was in the Theatre St. Philippe (they has laid a temporary floor over the parquette seats) in the city we now call New Orleans, in the month of September, and in the year 1803.

Everybody knows the Lord loveth a cheerful giver.

Did I say the book of nature is a catechism? Yes, But, after it answers the first question with "God," nothing but questions follow.

It's the Snickers bars. Snickers equal romance.

One cannot enter a State legislature or a prison for felons without becoming, in some measure, a dubious character.

Experience is not the enemy: It is the hubris that is often a by-product of experience that is our greatest enemy.

One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty councils. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat.

When I got depressed, I watched Bruce Lee movies. I learned everything from Bruce Lee.

Violin playing is a physical art with great traditions behind it.

Labor is the law of happiness.

What distracts us will begin to define us. We don't need to swing at every pitch.

In most cases, people, even wicked people, are far more naive and simple-hearted than one generally assumes. And so are we.

I'm a bad girl. I always fall for good guys.