If it form the one landscape that we the inconstant ones Are consistently homesick for, this is chiefly Because it dissolves in water.

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

Water is the soul of the Earth.

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.

We would rather be ruined than changed. We would rather die in our dread than climb the cross of the moment and let our illusions die.

Civilizations should be measured by the degree of diversity attained and the degree of unity retained.

Herds of reindeer move across Miles and miles of golden moss

All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation.

'Healing,' Papa would tell me, 'is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.'

Few people take an interest in Iceland, but in those few the interest is passionate.

No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.

That was desire messing with physics: putting its finger on the record and then slowing it down, making sure you heard every word spoken, and memorized it.

I was too proud to show him how hurt I was.

Virtually every literary piece written about Adolf Hitler in more than half a century since 1945 has been based on anti

Then I abandoned comics for fine art because I had some romantic vision of being like Vincent Van Gogh Jr.

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.

The stars looked like nail heads in the sky--pull a few of them out and the darkness would fall.

I'm not good at just sitting around waiting for the phone to ring, hoping that the perfect role is going to turn up.

I'm very soulful. I grew up singing in church. When I sing a song, I like to feel what I'm singing.

I was skinny as a rail and had high cheekbones and a very interesting face - or so I was told.

Every man must some time or other be trusted to himself.