It is much more exquisite to be blown from the tree as a flower than to be shaken down as a shriveled and bitter fruit.

Of bird and prophet and his light shall lead On through the darkness to eventual light, To undiscovered wealth, to newer need . . .

No one can ever help loving anyone.

Forgetting is the cost of living cheerfully.

Nothing seems so tragic to one who is old as the death of one who is young, and this alone proves that life is a good thing.

It's all right to tell a wife the brutal truth, but you've got to go sort of easy with your lady-love.

Even the great can have only their own sort of greatness.

Work alone qualifies us for life.

To accuse is so easy that it is infamous to do so where proof is impossible!

Shutting one's eyes is an art, my dear. I suppose there's no use trying to make you see that - but that's the only way one can stay married.

Sometimes when you're surrounded by dirt...you're a better witness for what's beautiful.

They sicken of the calm that know the storm.

God loves you not because you are worthy, but because He is God and you are a fixture in His mind.

Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do.

Thank you for touching me. Some of the only moments worth living were spent with you. Not you especially, the collective you.

Lately, I just let myself eat it more because I think, 'Oh, my God, a piece of cheese tastes so good'. I think it's your body telling you something.

You're only as happy as your least happy child.

It's possible to pretend I'm someone other than who I am, and if I pretend long enough, I can believe it.

Miracles cannot be explained, that is their miraculous nature.

Democracy is an imperfect way of steering between the violence of anarchy and the violence of tyranny, with the least violence you can get away with.