But since he had The genius to be loved, why let him have The justice to be honoured in his grave.

I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach.

Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God: But only he who sees takes off his shoes.

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

You're something between a dream and a miracle.

Light tomorrow with today!

You were made perfectly to be loved - and surely I have loved you, in the idea of you, my whole life long.

Silence is the best response to a fool.

I love you for the part of me that you bring out.

Why, what is to live? Not to eat and drink and breathe,—but to feel the life in you down all the fibres of being, passionately and joyfully.

A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths.

Literature is that which denounces and slashes apart the repressing machine at the level of the signified.

It's easy to win. Anybody can win.

Don't allow someone not worth it to have the power to occupy your thoughts. If they don't find you worth the effort or the time, why should you waste yours?

Never read a book that is not a year old.

Love lieth deep; Love dwells not in lip-depths; Love laps his wings on either side the heart Absorbing all the incense of sweet thoughts, So that they pass not to the shrine of sound.

I wish I had been more mature. I wish I had handled the immediate aftermath of the accident involving my family better.

I'm not prepared to sacrifice my being engaged in the world for just any relationship.

Everyone has the perfect gift to give the world-and if each of us is freed up to give our unique gift, the world will be in total harmony.

There are times when life's just real quiet and simple. I sometimes get tired of people saying, "Well, what are you really like?"