He... was attached by ties stronger than reason could break -- chains, forged by habit, which it would be cruel to attempt to loosen.

Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.

I've dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after.

Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree.

Cathy, this lamb of yours threatens like a bull!' he said. 'It is in danger of splitting its skull against my knuckles. By God! Mr. Linton, I'm mortally sorry that you are not worth knocking down!

I have dreamed in my life, dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas; they have gone through and through me, like wine through water, and altered the color of my mind.

A person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o clock, runs a chance of leaving the other half undone.

I will walk where my own nature would be leading.

No coward soul is mine.

I'm wearying to escape into that glorious world, and to be always there; not seeing it dimly through tears, and yearning for it through the walls of an aching heart; but really with it, and in it.

Treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends; they wound those who resort to them worse than their enemies.

Hardship bred a bitter, quickfire humour and resilience to all but the most terminal of life's tragedies.

I had my moments of being humiliated, and then I had moments of doing something humiliating. I'm glad I lived out both roles.

The U.S. Open is the only place in America where you can't trade in your Mercedes-Benz for a hamburger.

I've never learned to drive because I get lots of ideas when I'm a passenger in a car. I love to get in a car with a driver and just think and work things out.

I do not believe there is such a thing as a God.

I would like to involve myself in some black music. I would like to do some blues and some gospel music. I want to try stuff from other genres and try to widen my musical base.

What is central to business is the joy of creating.

There's a lot of people who feel there's a tabloid journalist who had it coming.

Dogs remember every favor you ever do for them and store those events in a memory bank titled Why My Human Is A God.

All spiritual practice must be directed to the removal of the husk and the revelation of the kernel.