He offered a prayer so deeply devout that he seemed kneeling and praying at the bottom of the sea.

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.

I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.

Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.

Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you.

Toil is man's allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that's more than either, the grief and sin of idleness.

Meditation and water are wedded for ever.

I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.

Aye, aye! and I'll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition's flames before I give him up.

War should be carried on like a monsoon; one changeless determination of every particle towards the one unalterable aim.

But our back is to legends and we are coming home. I suppose this is the first taste of it.''There is a long road yet, ' said Gandalf.'But it is the last road, ' said Bilbo.

Memories fall like snowflakes upon my dreams. The snowflakes toss and tumble, each different and yet the same.

I like nonfiction books about people with wretched lives.

Chess is a fathead and feudal game.

I didn't have evil intentions, but I guess I did have power.

I had a lot of maturing I had to go through. I consider myself a smart individual in seeing that this is not the road I want to take.

The close relationship between politics and economics is neither neutral nor coincidental. Large governments evolve through history in order to protect large accumulations of property and wealth.

The penetrating brilliance of swords, wielded by followers of the Way, strikes at the evil enemy, lurking deep within, their own souls and bodies.

We vote to leave, we get rid of this Prime Minister - dishonest Dave [Cameron] - and we get a better Prime Minister.

Now I just feel like I'm more open to life. I have two children.