Die not, poore death, nor yet canst thou kill me.

No Spring nor Summer beauty hath such grace As I have seen in one Autumnal face.

No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.

Death comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal when it comes.

Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime, nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.

Busy old fool, unruly Sun, why dost thou thus through windows and through curtains call on us? Must to thy motions lovers seasons run?

Twice or thrice had I loved thee before I knew thy face or name, so in a voice, so in a shapeless flame, angels affect us oft, and worshiped be.

What gnashing is not a comfort, what gnawing of the worm is not a tickling, what torment is not a marriage bed to this damnation, to be secluded eternally, eternally, eternally from the sight of God?

Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

More than kisses, letters mingle souls.

When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language.

When you're finally a grown-up, one of the things you find is that there are no grown-ups.

If you’re willing to live in a cardboard box on the streets with him, then marry him.

Poetry involves the mysteries of the irrational perceived through rational words.

Choose a job that you like, and you will never have to work a day in your life.

I'm loved unconditionally, for no other reason than simply because I exist.

The greatest fear that I have regarding the outcome for America of these disclosures is that nothing will change.

All the evidence you need to prove God is waiting within you to be discovered.

As you come to seek and see the virtues and strengths and nobilities of others, you begin to seek and see them in yourself also.

Raising children is a journey generously sprinkled with what many view as teachable moments, perhaps none as challenging as those surrounding faith and religion.

[...] [E]very citizen has to avoid any activities and speeches that harm the image of the country and interests of the people.