I go forth to seek To seek and claim the lovely magic garden Where grasses softly sigh and Muses speak.

My shadow serves as the friend I crave

You will hear thunder and remember me, and think: she wanted storms.

Italy is a dream that keeps returning for the rest of your life.

All has been looted, betrayed, sold; black death's wing flashed ahead.

It is unbearably painful for the soul to love silently.

Sunset in the ethereal waves: I cannot tell if the day is ending, or the world, or if the secret of secrets is inside me again.

You will hear thunder and remember me, And think: she wanted storms. The rim Of the sky will be the colour of hard crimson, And your heart, as it was then, will be on fire.

Forgive me, that I manage badly, Manage badly but live gloriously, That I leave traces of myself in my songs, That I appeared to you in waking dreams.

Call me a sinner, Mock me maliciously: I was your insomnia, I was your grief.

Real tenderness can't be confused, It's quiet and can't be heard.

Give yourself permission to enjoy this present moment. Resist the urge to fill it with I need to's, I shoulds, I coulds. Trying to fill all your present moments is impeding the natural flow of life.

America beats on you so hard the whole time. You are constantly being pummeled by other people's rights and their sense of patriotism.

Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth.

He flattered himself on being a man without any prejudices; and this pretension itself is a very great prejudice.

History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.

I wish people wouldn't think of me as a saint - unless they agree with the definition of a saint that a saint's a sinner who goes on trying.

That is - the reason for that is that home prices are only going to go up. Now, they've never gone down nationwide in our - since we've been keeping track of this.

The troubles came and I saved what I could save. A thread of light, a particle, a wave.

We have had scarce investment in women... One of my tasks is that everyone spends much more on women.

Seriously, I don't know any American girl who can resist an English accent.