Awake before the sun is risen, I call for my pen and papers and desk.

For there is a sound reasoning upon all flowers. For flowers are peculiarly the poetry of Christ.

There is nothing sweeter than his peace when at rest, for there is nothing brisker than his life when in motion.

For every house is incomplete without him, and a blessing is lacking in the spirit.

Sweet the young muse with love intense, Which smiles o'er sleeping innocence.

For I bless God in the libraries of the learned and for all the booksellers in the world.

Glorious the song, when God's the theme.

Thomas Gray walks as if he had fouled his small- clothes and looks as if he smelt it.

And now the matchless deed's achieved, Determined, Dared, and Done.

For in my nature I quested for beauty, but God, God hath sent me to sea for pearls.

Too hard for any frog's digestion,To have his froghood call'd in question!

A ‘biomass’ man repeats what he sees

There is a relentless war between good and evil which has to be fought whether one likes it or not.

How do you file a restraining order against sadness?

The higher American patriotism, on the other hand, combines loyalty to historical tradition and precedent with the imaginative projection of an ideal national Promise.

Growing up, I had one very specific idea of what a wedding should be, and that was the wedding of Fraulein Maria and Captain von Trapp in 'The Sound of Music.'

The blue of my eyes is extinguished in this night, the red gold of my heart.

I´m not a wandering slave, I am a woman of choice

It is the nature of carnivores to get power and then, having disposed of their enemies, to deploy the emollient powers of Great Art to make themselves look like herbivores.

Look Toward the stars but keep your feet firmly on the ground.

It is conceivable that at some point a truly united and powerful European Union could become a global political rival to the United States.