How does one kill fear I wonder? How do you shoot a spectre through the heart slash off its spectral head take it by the spectral throat?

Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.

The air of the New World seems favorable to the art of declamation.

It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a blessed, warm fog.

I don't like work... but I like what is in work - the chance to find yourself. Your own reality - for yourself, not for others - which no other man can ever know.

The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.

We penetrated deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness

If you don't make mistakes, you don't make anything .

There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea.

To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot.

They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is his conscience.

Most of our waking life is make believe. If there was a way to record every dream that crosses our minds, the true nature of humans would be laid bare

People cannot become truly knowledgeable without being excellent readers.

There's always hope. Never give up. Walk slowly and drink lots of water. It ain't a sprint.

Diplomacy is the lowest form of politeness because it misquotes the greatest number of people. A nation, like an individual, if it has anything to say, should simply say it.

On way. He OK? Aeron Coming. Something wrong? Lucian Take me out of your address book. William

When I think of the energy I wasted hating you...

You cannot acquire the gift of peace if by your anger you destroy the peace of the Lord.

My mom taught me a lot. A lot about minding your own business and leaving other people's business alone. And let them think what they want.

Leisure without study is death, and the grave of a living man.

It is not through the great skill of the hunter himself that success is achieved, but through the hunter's awareness of his place in Creation and his relationship to all things.