If she had not been imprudence incarnate, she would not have acted as she did when she met Henchard by accident a day or two later.

Happiness was but the occasional episode in a general drama of pain.

She seemed to be occupied with of inner chamber of ideas and to have slight need for visible objects.

It was part of his nature to extenuate nothing and live on as one of his own worst accusers.

She had the hard, half-apathetic expression of one who deems anything possible at the hands of time and chance, except perhaps fair play

She had been too early habituated to anxious reasoning to drop the habit suddenly.

Though when at home their countenances varied with the seasons, their market faces all the year round were glowing little fires.

Her suspense was terrible.

I won't be a slave to the past. I'll love where I choose.

She had learned the lesson of renunciation and was as familiar with the wreck of each day's wishes as with the diurnal setting of the sun.

Fundamental belief consoled him for superficial irony.

If I'd learned nothing else in my twenty-seven years on this planet, I'd learned that when someone gives you something totally unexpected and undeserved, you don't ask questions.

The efficient management of organizations is key to generating wealth, for the development of a country, for the preservation of natural resources and the enhancement of the human being.

Don't be discouraged by writer's block. Writer's block just means you need to listen to other music.

All our institutions rest upon business. Without it we should not have schools, colleges, churches, parks, playgrounds, pavements, books, libraries, art, music, or anything else that we value.

Right as an aspen lefe she gan to quake.

I love dill pickles! They're on my rider for my concerts so I eat one every day.

If you have a longing in your heart to hear a deeper truth, there's a mysterious way in which that truth will find you.

The true manipulator never has a reputation for manipulating.

If you think well of others, you will also speak well of others and to others. From the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. If your heart is full of love, you will speak of love.

A man who limits his interests limits his life.