Democracy is a very admirable form of government - for dogs

The scariest monsters are the ones that lurk within our souls.

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

There is no beauty without some strangeness

All suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desire.

The believer is happy. The doubter is wise.

All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.

Years of love have been forgot, In the hatred of a minute.

And so, being young and dipt in folly, I fell in love with melancholy.

I remained too much inside my head and ended up losing my mind.

They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.

If you can be aware that you have a living body, and notice when there's tension in your body, that's already an important insight.

Sometimes you see beautiful people with no brains. Sometimes you have ugly people who are intelligent, like scientists.

Mirroring provides social cues through body language and behavior which enable us to develop more empathy and understanding for others.

Texas humor and Southern humor are pretty similar.

Grammar is to a writer what anatomy is to a sculptor, or the scales to a musician. You may loathe it, it may bore you, but nothing will replace it, and once mastered it will support you like a rock.

You can really do some clever editing even within the limited two-track format.

I often play on the cello-bass side of the orchestra, because I prefer the deep sounds. I can't hear the violins well.

It's wrong for parents to bury their children. It should be the other way around.

I've lived next door to people all my life. I don't know how cute they think I am.

I shall not be satisfied unless I produce something which shall for a few days supersede the last fashionable novel on the tables of young ladies.