I had begun to think my ripening body would wither untasted on the vine.

When Love cast me out, it was Cruelty who took pity upon me

There is no fulfillment that is not made sweeter for the prolonging of desire

To have a traitor for an ally is to have an enemy in waiting

Beauty is at its most poignant when the cold hand of Death holds poised to wither it imminently.

That which yields is not always weak.

Why is there ever this perverse cruelty in humankind, that makes us hurt most those we love best?

It's funny, how one can look back on a sorrow one thought one might well die of at the time, and know that one had not yet reckoned the tenth part of true grief.

All knowledge is worth having

The pain of the flesh is naught to that of the heart

And having once chosen, never to seek to return to the crossroads of that decision-for even if one chooses wrongly, the choice cannot be unmade.

i like the book my bloody life because it tell what gange related do and what makeks them feel bad

I am not strong on perfection.

Every nation ought to have a right to provide for its own happiness.

There are a lot of limitations so you have to ultimately focus on what you think the most important storyline is.

Beauty is . . . a valuable asset if you're poor or haven't any sense.

I think Hillary Clinton's a very clever politician but she would be too easy to stereotype the way John Kerry was.

Change or stagnate. Keep moving or die.

The acceptance that all that is solid has melted into the air, that reality and morality are not givens but imperfect human constructs, is the point from which fiction begins.

I am where a great many voters are, which is that I am listening and watching and coming to a decision.