Language is a mixture of statement and evocation.

One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it.

Silences have a climax, when you have got to speak.

When you love someone all your saved up wishes start coming out.

Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.

Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.

We are minor in everything but our passions.

Pity the selfishness of lovers: it is brief, a forlorn hope; it is impossible.

Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.

It is not helpful to help a friend by putting coins in his pockets when he has got holes in his pockets.

Disappointment tears the bearable film off life.

Step back in perspective, open your heart and welcome transition into a new phase of life.

Life without risk is a life that is benign and sterile.

Early on, when my wife and I were dating, we went to the grocery store, and I told her that sometimes I just buy birthday cakes, and I eat them. And she said: 'Really? I do, too.'

Cuba ought to be free and independent, and the government should be turned over to the Cuban people.

I was always optimistic. And I held to and was guided by my views.

Removing religious symbols from public places is not neutrality. On the contrary, it sends a highly negative message - that religion is something shameful, embarrassing, or at best strictly private.

I don't think Mitt Romney is a smart person. I never have thought he was a smart person. But the Mormons are very smart people.

The truth is, what I learned this year is that life is hard...Good people die for no reason. Little kids get sick. The people that are supposed to love you end up leaving.

He captured my heart. He loves me for who I am, not what I can bring to him." - Lucinda Price, Rapture

The great and the good will decide what is good for us and make sure that we get what is good for us, good and hard.