Clearly, Im drawn to characters with inner conflicts.

When Love cast me out, it was Cruelty who took pity upon me

There is no fulfillment that is not made sweeter for the prolonging of desire

To have a traitor for an ally is to have an enemy in waiting

Beauty is at its most poignant when the cold hand of Death holds poised to wither it imminently.

That which yields is not always weak.

Why is there ever this perverse cruelty in humankind, that makes us hurt most those we love best?

It's funny, how one can look back on a sorrow one thought one might well die of at the time, and know that one had not yet reckoned the tenth part of true grief.

All knowledge is worth having

The pain of the flesh is naught to that of the heart

And having once chosen, never to seek to return to the crossroads of that decision-for even if one chooses wrongly, the choice cannot be unmade.

Don't eat the bread unless you want to leave bread crumbs.

A successful man is like a bottle of wine, just gets better with age.

The rich are poor without the poor's acknowledgment of money.

I believe in standardizing automobiles. I do not believe in standardizing human beings. Standardization is a great peril which threatens American culture.

Be patient with the boys - you are dealing with soul-stuff.

The perfect moment, once lost, is not easily found again.

These energies when directed towards the subtle physical body cause the subtle physical body to break down, to lose its lumonisity.

I'm not a big fan of the comics competing against each other.

Never try to make Americans or foreigners feel at home - had they wished to feel at home, they would have remained in their own county.

Financial crisis is the moment of truth for real collectors and true artists.