In the first minute that my soul is infused, the Image of God is imprinted in my soul; so forward is God in my behalf, and so early does he visit me.

No Spring nor Summer beauty hath such grace As I have seen in one Autumnal face.

No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.

Death comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal when it comes.

Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime, nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.

Busy old fool, unruly Sun, why dost thou thus through windows and through curtains call on us? Must to thy motions lovers seasons run?

Twice or thrice had I loved thee before I knew thy face or name, so in a voice, so in a shapeless flame, angels affect us oft, and worshiped be.

What gnashing is not a comfort, what gnawing of the worm is not a tickling, what torment is not a marriage bed to this damnation, to be secluded eternally, eternally, eternally from the sight of God?

Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

More than kisses, letters mingle souls.

When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language.

Women are constantly trying to commit suicide for love, but generally they take care not to succeed.

The fertilising conflict of individualities is the ultimate meaning of the personal life.

I would love to have a robot at home.

You go for it. All the stops are out. Caution is to the wind, and you're battling with everything you have. That's the real fun of the game.

We men are wretched things.

I want to fall in love with something in the way I fell in love with the idea of Harry before I write anything else.

Beer is prose. Wine is poetry.

What are the proper proportions of a maxim? A minimum of sound to a maximum of sense.

The way to find your calling is to look at the way you were created. Your gifts have not emerged by accident.

I've never seen a postcard of my work in a museum.