I love tranquil solitude, And such society As is quiet, wise, and good; Between thee and me What difference? but thou dost possess The things I seek, not love them less.

Sometimes The Devil is a gentleman.

Through the sunset of hope, Like the shapes of a dream, What paradise islands of glory gleam!

When my cats aren't happy, I'm not happy. Not because I care about their mood but because I know they're just sitting there thinking up ways to get even.

Life may change, but it may fly not; Hope may vanish, but can die not; Truth be veiled, but still it burneth; Love repulsed, - but it returneth!

Love withers under constraints: its very essence is liberty: it is compatible neither with obedience, jealousy, nor fear.

Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.

O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?

Away, away, from men and towns, To the wild wood and the downs, - To the silent wilderness, Where the soul need not repress Its music.

War is the statesman's game, the priest's delight, the lawyer's jest, the hired assassin's trade.

Soul meets soul on lovers' lips.

Bullshit takes no genius, even fool senses its' foul.

The job of a writer is not to convey emotion but to invoke it.

There is forgiveness for every soul.

Restriction often enhances clarity.

Capitalism has turned human beings into commodities. To the owner of a restaurant: the cook and a bag of potatoes are equally important.

I exist as an annexe of the BBC. I'm down the road a bit from the main building, in a little hut.

You have to be a little bit crazy to run for president.

You don't get over it because 'it' is the person you loved.

My world view has always been that there's just an enormous amount of cultural and religious diversity out there, all of which is really worth taking in.

Hope, purpose and determination are not merely mental states. They have electrochemical connections that affect the immune system.