Give honour unto Luke Evangelist; For he it was (the aged legends say) Who first taught Art to fold her hands and pray.

Deep in the sun-searched growths the dragonfly Hangs like a blue thread loosened from the sky.

The worst moment for the atheist is when he is really thankful and has nobody to thank.

Beauty without the beloved is a like a sword through the heart.

Look in my face; my name is Might-have-been; I am also call'd No-more, Too-late, Farewell.

You have been mine before - How long ago I may not know: But just when at that swallow's soar, your neck turned so, Some veil did fall, - I knew it all of yore.

It is beautiful, the world, and life itself. I am glad I have lived.

Places that are empty of you are empty of life.

The Wombat is a Joy, a Triumph, a Delight, a Madness!

If God in his wisdom have brought closeThe day when I must die,That day by water or fire or airMy feet shall fall in the destined snareWherever my road may lie.

Her hair that lay along her back Was yellow like ripe corn.

The past is always with us, in the form of our photographs, which we feel as we might a rosary, wearing them smooth with the fingering of our eyes.

I don't think I'm one of those guys who won't pick up a racket for three years...I love hitting tennis balls.

Don't ever rope me in as a late-night talk show host. I don't want to be one.

Many of us don’t realize that we have a choice about which aspect of ourselves we will use as the foundation upon which we build our lives.

Compromise is when you do what I tell you and I do what I want. ~Tiny Cooper

The promise of change doesn't always mean something changes.

I've been playing live gigs since I was 13. I really don't know how to do anything else, and please God strike me down.

Meditation is not to avoid society; it is to look deep to have the kind of insight you need to take action. To think that it is just to sit down and enjoy the calm and peace, is wrong.

His Majesty [the Lord] . . . rewards great services with trials, and there can be no better reward, for out of trials springs love for God.

The iron tongue of Midnight hath told twelve lovers, to bed; 'tis almost fairy time. I fear we shall outstep the coming morn as much as we this night over-watch'd.