If the bards of old the true has toldThe sirens have raven hair.But over the earth since art had birth, They paint the angels fair.

A house isn't a home without the ineffable contentment of a cat with its tail folded about its feet. A cat gives mystery, charm, suggestion.

Why did dusk and fir-scent and the afterglow of autumnal sunsets make people say absurd things?

The ghosts of things that never happened are worse than the ghosts of things that did.

You see, " she concluded miserably, "when I can call like that to him across space--I belong to him. He doesn't love me--he never will--but I belong to him.

I can always get through to-day very nicely. It's to-morrow I can't live through

Don't let a three-o'clock-at-night feeling fog your soul.

I went up on the hill and walked about until twilight had deepened into an autumn night with a benediction of starry quietude over it. I was alone but not lonely. I was a queen in halls of fancy.

Never be silent with persons you love and distrust, " Mr. Carpenter had said once. "Silence betrays.

Oh, I don't wonder babies always cry when they wake up in the night. So often I want to do it too.

Stop a bit and think it over. There do be some knots mighty aisy to tie but the untying is a cat of a different brade.

Despite everything - your lies, your wounds, I cannot help but love you. I'm helpless against it.

I have never had the lust to meet famous authors

I think people think celebrities get babies really easily, like Angelina Jolie, but they don't hear about the ones who aren't successful because we don't like talking about it, it's too painful.

Capitalism encourages entrepreneurs to act with consideration for others even when their ultimate motive is to benefit themselves.

I have always been fond of recognizing the spiritual side of someone's personality. It's a very lovely concept.

You should never be so high and mighty you can't listen to somebody else and learn something from them. Leadership is as much about using the ear as using the mouth.

Germany, I think, was first to substitute a Social Security program for its elderly based on this premise, that is, that we would tax workers to pay retirement benefits for those retired.

When people find out what it is that's ticking in them, they get straightened out.

By creating compelling content, you can become a celebrity.

Sitting and watching a game show, or betting on your lucky numbers is not the price that most of the top 1% paid to become rich