I had a strange feeling that Fate had in store for me exquisite joys and exquisite sorrows.

I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.

Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

Oh, brothers! I don't care for brothers. My elder brother won't die, and my younger brothers seem never to do anything else.

If a man treats life artistically, his brain is his heart.

What fire does not destroy, it hardens

All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

[M]y grandmother and I sit across from each other at the Gryphon Tea Room, on the grandest section of Bull Street.

Emotions like these didn't happen to regular, everyday people. They couldn't or else the entire world would be fornicating all the time.

If Hori were to die, I should not forget! Hori is a song in my heart for ever... That means-that there is no more death...

If stories come to you, care for them. And learn to give them away where they are needed. Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive.

People always say he can run and he can jump. So can a deer and you wouldn't put a deer in the game.

Google 'broccoli casserole' and make the first recipe you find. I guarantee it will be disappointing.

The rigid volunteer rules of right and wrong in sports are second only to religious faith in moral training.

The ability to produce every necessity of life renders us independent in war as well as in peace.

Hate is a fear, and fear is rot That cankers root and fruit alike, Fight cleanly then, hate not, fear not, Strike with no madness when you strike.

All there is to investing is picking good stocks at good times and staying with them as long as they remain good companies.