I wish I were the lily's leaf To fade upon that bosom warm, Content to wither, pale and brief, The trophy of thy paler form.

I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach.

Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God: But only he who sees takes off his shoes.

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

You're something between a dream and a miracle.

Light tomorrow with today!

You were made perfectly to be loved - and surely I have loved you, in the idea of you, my whole life long.

Silence is the best response to a fool.

I love you for the part of me that you bring out.

Why, what is to live? Not to eat and drink and breathe,—but to feel the life in you down all the fibres of being, passionately and joyfully.

Fine gold is recognized when it is tested.

You know they say the most dangerous person of the world is a member of the United States Congress just home from a three-day fact-finding trip.

Faith is not the opposite of reason. Faith rests squarely upon reason, but with the added component of revelation.

Induction makes you feel guilty for getting something out of nothing, and it is artificial, but it is one of the greatest ideas of civilization.

For me fashion is an expression of art that is very closely related both to me and to my body. I see it as an expression of identity combined with desire, moods and a cultural setting.

Beware the anger of a patient man.

I stayed a virgin until I was 23. I didn't do drugs or drink or smoke.

Daring to dream what is deepest in our collective longings is what makes us most human and fully alive.

Read, read read. Read everything.

A good name is seldom got by giving it oneself.