Because we bring so little is no reason to bring nothing.

On the stem of memory imaginations blossom.

We are not alone in our loneliness, others have been here and known griefs we thought our special own.

There is something wrong with a work of art if it can be understood by a policeman.

God cannot catch us. Unless we stay in the unconscious room. Of our hearts.

A sweeping statement is the only statement worth listening to. The critic without faith gives balanced opinions, usually about second-rate writers.

Macmillan's rejection had left him very downcast... Patrick Swift was invited to peruse the contents and decided that the poems should be published.

It often occurs to me that we love most what makes us miserable. In my opinion the damned are damned because they enjoy being damned.

I dabbled in verse and it became my life

A man is original when he speaks the truth that has always been known to all good men.

Malice is only another name for mediocrity.

How does the moon feel as it sees the ocean lap at your shores? The eternal pain of knowing you are there but forever out of reach...

That's what's happening... zombies are out... but in hour movie... not in series.

Exercise is important, but exercise in a gym is not important. Go and take a walk outside. Skip the umpteenth coffee date and go for a hike instead. Take the stairs. Walk your errands.

Don't spend all your time trying to win over your critics. Just run your own race.

I was eventually to become one person, gathered up maybe, during a pause, at a comma.

Wallow too much in sensitivity and you can't deal with life, or the truth.

You cannot change the outer event, so you must change the inner experience.

When the Son of God comes to rescue us and bring us back to God, He does not find in us the ability to believe.

Good actors, you always know what they're thinking. That's why they're good actors.

I suppose I'll be able to get a drink there.