How disappointment tracks the steps of hope.

Imagination is to love what gas is to the balloon-that which raises it from earth.

I think hearts are very much like glasses. If they do not break with the first ring, they usually last a considerable time.

Ah, tell me not that memory sheds gladness o'er the past, what is recalled by faded flowers, save that they did not last?

Social life is filled with doubts and vain aspirings; solitude, when the imagination is dethroned, is turned to weariness and ennui.

The heart's hushed secret in the soft dark eye.

Ah, tell me not that memory Sheds gladness o'er the past; What is recalled by faded flowers, Save that they did not last? Were it not better to forget, Than but remember and regret?

In sad truth, half our forebodings of our neighbors are but our own wishes, which we are ashamed to utter in any other form.

An apt quotation is like a lamp which flings its light over the whole sentence.

there is nothing so easy as to be wise for others; a species of prodigality, by-the-by - for such wisdom is wholly wasted.

Strange mystery of our nature, that those in whom genius develops itself in imagination, thus taking its most ethereal form, should yet be the most dependent on the opinions of others!

Faith is a fortified wall.

All of us must cross the line between ignorance and insight many times before we truly understand.

If I get married, I want to be very married.

I can go further and faster with someone coaching me than I can on my own.

I've been a jazz artist playing pop and R&B my entire career.

Leavening the flat bread of what we know, with the yeast of what we dream may come to pass.

I like exploring, especially being and getting more comfortable with a character and in the space a character is always in.

To me, watercolor is a Western medium, so when I feel like I am using a Western manner I will use English to sign my name.

I hope that one or two immortal lyrics will come out of all this tumbling around.

It doesn't take much convincing to make someone believe they're better than everyone else.