It is a gentle and affectionate thought, that in immeasurable height above us, at our first birth, the wreath of love was woven with sparkling stars for flowers.

Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of aphorisms: and the greatest and best of men is but an aphorism.

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

There is one art of which people should be masters - the art of reflection.

Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.

A great mind must be androgynous.

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.

That gracious thing, made up of tears and light.

The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.

Religion is the most gentlemanly thing in the world. It alone will gentilize, if unmixed with cant.

Poor little Foal of an oppressed race! I love the languid patience of thy face.

The most important step in the whole process was to just sit down and do it. My hobby has become a second career. Who knew?-Jamie Beck, Romance Novelist

I put on some make-up, turn on the 8-track, and I'm pulling the wig down from the shelf - suddenly I'm Miss Punk Rock Star of Stage and Screen and I ain't ever turning back!

I believe that human beings are born first and given passports later. I'm really thankful for my journey. And it's a journey I didn't design.

Art is the collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.

Since the baptismal rebirth takes place only with the one Bride of Christ, where could he be born who is not a son of the Church?

As Christ begins to live in us, everything begins to change about us.

Finishing games has been something I'm really proud of, seeing something through to the end.

Prayer begets Revival, which begets more prayer.

I'm sure that my father becoming seriously ill when I was 14 had a lot to do with my going from chubby to fat.

We may be human, but we're still animals.