I would rather be a serf in a poor man's house and be above ground than reign among the dead.

Sing, O muse, of the rage of Achilles, son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans.

There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.

Oh, look at me! I'm making people happy! I'm the Magical Man from Happy-Land, in a gumdrop house on Lollipop Lane! Oh, by the way, I was being sarcastic.

Yet, taught by time, my heart has learned to glow for other's good, and melt at other's woe.

After the event, even a fool is wise.

You can motivate by fear, and you can motivate by reward. But both those methods are only temporary. The only lasting thing is self motivation.

There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.

Let me not then die ingloriously and without a struggle, but let me first do some great thing that shall be told among men hereafter.

Everything is more beautiful because we're doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again.

The son of Saturn gave The nod with his dark brows. The ambrosial curls Upon the Sovereign One's immortal head Were shaken, and with them the mighty mount, Olympus trembled.

The quality of your relationships and the role they play in your life will influence who you will become.

A good writer sees the world, not through his own eyes, but through his reader's mind.

Who but my mother held those small pieces of my childhood? Where would they go when she was gone?

You can understand a lot about yourself by working out which fairytale you use to present your world to yourself in.

I let go. Lost in oblivion. Dark and silent and complete. I found freedom. Losing all hope was freedom.

Art is an end in itself; its values are intrinsic.

I am unable to distinguish between the feeling I have for life and my way of expressing it.

I loved you when you were unfaithful; what would I have done if you were true?

The eye is the window of the human body through which it feels its way and enjoys the beauty of the world.

What happens when you lose your heart's desire?