Hunger allows no choice.

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

Water is the soul of the Earth.

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.

We would rather be ruined than changed. We would rather die in our dread than climb the cross of the moment and let our illusions die.

Civilizations should be measured by the degree of diversity attained and the degree of unity retained.

Herds of reindeer move across Miles and miles of golden moss

All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation.

'Healing,' Papa would tell me, 'is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.'

Few people take an interest in Iceland, but in those few the interest is passionate.

No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.

I have survived. I am here. Confused, screwed up, but here. So, how can I find my way? Is there a chain saw of the soul, an ax I can take to my memories or fears?

You look at me with them eyes of yers, an I look at yer lips... an all I can think about is what it'ud be like to kiss you.

The leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one category.

A fact in itself is nothing. It is valuable only for the idea attached to it, or for the proof which it furnishes.

It is not that we have too little time to do all the things we need to do , it is that we feel the need to do too many things in the time we have.

I just made a killing in the stock market -- I shot my broker.

To me, poetry is a rational act. I never write a poem if I'm not sure what I am going to say or what I want to communicate.

I brought in producer Johan Carlsson [Ariana Grande, One Direction, Flo Rida] and asked, "Can you make this better?" And he did.

Ted Cruz just in a different league. He understands conservatism because he is.

The dream world, the true freedom of the imagination, does not open to self-conscious manipulation.