Blessings be the inventor of the alphabet, pen and printing press! Life would be -- to me in all events -- a terrible thing without books.

Twilight drops her curtain down, and pins it with a star.

In daylight I belong to the world . . . in the night to sleep and eternity. But in the dusk I'm free from both and belong only to myself . . . and you

We should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us.

Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think. It's splendid to find out there are so many of them in the world.

In this world you've just got to hope for the best and prepare for the worst and take whatever God sends.

A bosom friend - an intimate friend, you know - a really kindred spirit to whom I can confide my inmost soul.

It's bad enough to feel insignificant, but it's unbearable to have it grained into your soul that you will never, can never, be anything but insignificant.

If we don't chase things, sometimes the things following us can catch up." -L.M. Montgomery

I've always loved the night and I'll like lying awake and thinking over everything in life, past, present and to come. Especially to come.

It seems to me a most dreadful thing to go out of the world and not leave one person behind you who is sorry you are gone,' said Anne, shuddering.

Dreams create hope, energy and passion and together reveal your hidden abilities and untapped potential

Don’t you wonder sometimes, ” Miranda asked, “whether women have all the power or no power at all?

Appreciate everything your associates do for the business.

In every parting there is an image of death.

Chefs who cook in these ivory towers are in control in their own world. We try to approximate that world as best we can, but ultimately our goal is to please our clients.

The world will end before there is another .400 hitter. . . . I think that was mentioned in the Bible.

The awesome thing about being an artist? You can't be fired from your own mind.

Your job as actors is to understand the size of what you say, to understand what's beneath the word.

If you are an ignorant man, you are acting wisely; but if you have had any education, you are behaving like a fool.