He in his madness prays for storms, and dreams that storms will bring him peace.

Many a calm river begins as a turbulent waterfall, yet none hurtles and foams all the way to the sea.

I was ready to love the whole world, but no one understood me, and I learned to hate.

Afraid of decision, I buried my finer feelings in the depths of my heart and they died there.

An unusual beginning must have an unusual end.

Women love only those whom they do not know!

We almost always forgive those we understand.

What is this eternity to me without you? What is the infinity of my domains? Empty ringing words, A spacious temple - without a divinity!

I was born, so that the whole world could be a spectatorOf my triumph or my doom.

In the first place, [his eyes] never laughed when he laughed. Have you ever noticed this peculiarity some people have? It is either the sign of an evil nature or of a profound and lasting sorrow.

If only people thought a little more about it, they would see that life is not worrying about so much.

The greatest mountain anyone can conquer is fear.

All we do is to look after the opinions and learning of others: we ought to make them our own.

I didn't only have a perceptual problem, I was also so nervous and so upset. The process just didn't work. I lost enthusiasm for school and I flunked second grade. The teachers said I was lazy.

I'm a workaholic. I work and work and work.

I don't like the way Uncle Junior dresses. He loves it.

I've spent my life trying to be better than I was, and I am a brother to all who share the same aspiration.

I've actually been doing stand up for more than 20 years. I started in 1988. It's almost 30 years! Which is crazy.

I grew up as this little Catholic girl who just wanted to make beautiful things. I expressed myself with paint.

Undertake this journey for the remission of your sins, with the assurance of the imperishable glory of the Kingdom of Heaven!

Contemporary American children, if they are old enough to grasp the concept of Santa Claus by Thanksgiving, are able to see through it by December 15th.