It is easier to suppose that the universe has existed for all eternity than to conceive a being beyond its limits capable of creating it.

Sometimes The Devil is a gentleman.

Through the sunset of hope, Like the shapes of a dream, What paradise islands of glory gleam!

When my cats aren't happy, I'm not happy. Not because I care about their mood but because I know they're just sitting there thinking up ways to get even.

Life may change, but it may fly not; Hope may vanish, but can die not; Truth be veiled, but still it burneth; Love repulsed, - but it returneth!

Love withers under constraints: its very essence is liberty: it is compatible neither with obedience, jealousy, nor fear.

Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.

O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?

Away, away, from men and towns, To the wild wood and the downs, - To the silent wilderness, Where the soul need not repress Its music.

War is the statesman's game, the priest's delight, the lawyer's jest, the hired assassin's trade.

Soul meets soul on lovers' lips.

Wherever you go, go with love, but never leave hope behind.

It's like saying French shouldn't be taught because you don't understand it because it's new. Shakespeare is just like learning a new, exciting language.

There is no beginning that is a blank page.

We do the best we can in life, we take things one day at a time and sometimes we all just need a simple reminder of that.

Well, for me it really wasn't a case of deciding to be an astronaut.

I have no past--the steps have disappeared the wind has blown them away.

All my friends are dying. That's why I always wear black.

Sometimes suffering is just suffering,” she told Gus. “It doesn't make you stronger. It doesn't build character. It only hurts.

Once you really love a person and, if you want to be in a committed relationship the games need to stop. I mean, you can find some other games to play.

If you have grasped the purpose of life there is no point in trying to make life into something it is not or cannot be.