Literature is the most noble of professions. In fact, it is about the only one fit for a man.

The scariest monsters are the ones that lurk within our souls.

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

There is no beauty without some strangeness

All suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desire.

The believer is happy. The doubter is wise.

All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.

Years of love have been forgot, In the hatred of a minute.

And so, being young and dipt in folly, I fell in love with melancholy.

I remained too much inside my head and ended up losing my mind.

They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.

Life is more or less a lie, but then again, that's exactly the way we want it to be.

Your biography becomes your biology.

It is not the number of facts he knows, but how much of a fact he is himself, that proves the man.

The only thing I can point to of why I survived is I have a family that loves me and never wanted any money from me.

Seldom can the heart be lonely, If it seek a lonelier still; Self-forgetting, seeking only Emptier cups of love to fill.

Tender expressions of love and affection toward children are as much the responsibility of the father as the mother. Tell your children you love them.

Tyranny is always weakness

Where you are going to spend your time and your energy is one of the most important decisions you get to make in life.

I knew the moment it happened, it was a miracle. I could have been kissing her when she threw up. It would have scarred me for life. I may never have recovered.

Old age is when broadness of the mind and narrowness of the waist change places.