Gone are the birds that were our summer guests.

Softly the evening came /with the sunset/.

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.

Into each life some rain must fall.

The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.

My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.

Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.

Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time.

If I can only be known as one thing, then, well, I guess it would be poet and performer and teacher.

I'm building my adult beverage empire the way I built my independent rap label. As my career.

Joining Modest Mouse was just consistent with what I used to do as a teenager: I followed where I thought I would make some interesting music.

God weeps with us so that we may one day laugh with him.

Love looks forward, hate looks back, anxiety has eyes all over its head.

If you are Catholic, and some other person comes to you seeking guidance, naturally you take him straight away to someone who can show him God's love.

Education, awareness and prevention are the key, but stigmatisation and exclusion from family is what makes people suffer most

In time, this so-called democracy will crumble, and there will be nothing. And the only thing that will remain will be Islam.

Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away.

We love and we value peace; we know its blessings from experience. We abhor the follies of war, and are not untried in its distresses and calamities.