Don't knock the power of a pest," Leif said. "Persistance and stubborness can be useful in many situations.

There is a reason for everything. You might not be able to figure it out, and time might have made us all forget it, but the reason is there all the same.

Positive thoughts lead to positive results.

Trusting is hard. Knowing who to trust, even harder.

But you've slipped under my skin, invaded my blood and seized my heart.

Everyone makes choices in life. Some bad, some good. It's called living, and if you want to bow out, then go right ahead. But don't do it halfway. Don't linger in whiner's limbo.

I’ll have you know that the most delicate flowers often produce the strongest scent when crushed.

I offer my heart, entrust my soul and give my life to you.

Love trumps logic?" "Every time.

Trust, Kiki said, Trust is peppermints.

You can't let the past ruin your future.

Literature not only illuminated another's experience, it provided, I believed, the richest material for moral reflection

A dull speech which is full of truths is much more brilliant than an eloquent speech which is full of lies!

Selfishness is the only real atheism; aspiration, unselfishness, the only real religion.

Poets are always taking the weather so personally. They're always sticking their emotions in things that have no emotions.

Bless more; blame less.

As long as the world continues to be strange and interesting, I still want to take pictures of it.

I like my coffee like I like my women - Black and Strong.

Never give up if you really want something, keep plugging away at it and your dreams can come true.

The possession of a library, or the free use of it, no more constitutes learning, than the possession of wealth constitutes generosity.

For me, a poem is an opportunity to kind of interrogate myself a little bit.