Fear, born of the stern matron Responsibility, sits on one's shoulders like some heavy imp of darkness, and one is preoccupied and, possibly, cantankerous.

If fate means you to lose, give him a good fight anyhow.

The world is not interested in the storms you encountered, but did you bring in the ship?

Terrible and sublime thought, that every moment is supreme for some man and woman, every hour the apotheosis of some passion!

The world belongs to the enthusiast who keeps cool.

A young man must let his ideas grow, not be continually rooting them up to see how they are getting on.

One must choose between obscurity with efficiency, and fame with its inevitable collateral of bluff.

It is extraordinary how many emotional storms one may weather in safety if one is ballasted with ever so little gold.

There is a pleasure unknown to the landsman in reading at sea.

There is nothing like an odor to stir memories.

Responsibility's like a string we can only see the middle of. Both ends are out of sight.

In pursuit of exposing people for who we think they are, we expose ourself.

The desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose.

Happiness is a conscious choice not an automatic response.

The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang and has no respect.

Abraham is trying to obey God, but not to kill. I feel that moment is one of the defining moments of Jewish faith.

Woodman, spare that tree! Touch not a single bough! In youth it sheltered me, And I'll protect it now.

Im working on a bunch of things with my daughter Emily. In some ways, shes a smarter and better editor than I am.

I always thought that the way to believe more deeply was to surround myself with other Christians. After all, isn't that the traditional tool for religious socialization?

What the Photograph reproduces to infinity has occurred only once: the Photograph mechanically repeats what could never be repeated existentially.

Seems like the only one who doesn't see your beauty is the face in the mirror looking back at you.