For axioms in philosophy are not axioms until they are proved upon our pulses.

Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul?

I must choose between despair and Energy──I choose the latter.

If I am destined to be happy with you here—how short is the longest Life—I wish to believe in immortality—I wish to live with you for ever.

The world is too brutal for me—I am glad there is such a thing as the grave—I am sure I shall never have any rest till I get there.

I was too much in solitude, and consequently was obliged to be in continual burning of thought, as an only resource.

Jason, I love you and you cannot escape from it. Even if you could, I would never let you go.

...there is still a need for those of us nestled deep within the Christian bubble to look beyond the status quo and critically assess the degree to which we are really living biblically.

And that night we knew that to hold the body of women in our arms in neither ugly nor shameful, but the one ecstasy granted to the race of men.

Simplicity is always the secret, to a profound truth, to doing things, to writing, to painting. Life is profound in its simplicity

What really drives me is sharing the power of makeup with every woman.

Some people thrive under pressure, but pressure can also ruin your performance, it can push you down angles which you don't want to go.

Anybody has a right to evade taxes if he can get away with it. No citizen has a moral obligation to assist in maintaining his government

But Racine's extraordinary powers as a writer become still more obvious when we consider that besides being a great poet he is also a great psychologist.

One does not grow old until he believes he has more to look back on than he has to look forward to.

I suffered from eating disorders when I was just a kid. I did not like me or the way I looked. But back then, you could not tell anyone.