Fashionability is a kind of elevated vulgarity.

Fool! I mean not That poor-souled piece of heroism, self-slaughter; Oh no! the miserablest day we live There's many a better thing to do than die!

Give me, instead of beauty's bust, A tender heart, a loyal mind, Which with temptation I could trust, Yet never linked with error find.

Awake thee, my Lady-Love! Wake thee, and rise! The sun through the bower peeps Into thine eyes.

There's many a white hand holds an urn With lovers' hearts to dust consumed.

Whatever the tasks, do them slowly and with ease, in mindfulness. Don't do any task in order to get it over with. Resolve to do each job in a relaxed way, with all your attention.

grand a pop for the vampires who survived their first does.

You should be home sleeping. What is the use of having a man in the house, if he cannot take care of you for a while?” “Mmm, ” I said. “I give up. What's the use of having a man in the house?

I’ve learned to value failed conversations, missed connections, confusions. What remains is what’s unsaid, what’s underneath. Understanding on another level of being.

I always say to my religious friends, if a pool had even one turd in it, would you jump in?

In a novel, the relationship between writer and reader is such a pure one.

An adult male weighs at least 200 pounds

We adore titles and heredities in our hearts and ridicule them with our mouths. This is our democratic privilege.

You can't do your work worrying about what people will think of it - you kind of just have to do your work.

Trust Yourself and Believe, Whatever Happens Don't Give Up.