Love, first begotten of all created things.

To want is more than to attain.

every smart / Is eased in telling.

The heart / That laughs must ache.

You're Times New Roman, but I'm more Comic Sans.

We're all just songs in the end. If we are lucky.

A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights that the biggest and most powerful possess.

COMPULSION, n. The eloquence of power.

The clamours of spring are the same old delicate noises, The earth renews its magical youth at a breath.

If all were equalized by death, as the medieval idea constantly emphasized, was it not possible that inequalities on earth were contrary to the will of God?

We will build a Marine Corps based on 36 battalions, which the Heritage Foundation notes is the minimum needed to deal with major contingencies. Right now we only have 23.

A theory must be tempered with reality.

Farewell, Love, and all thy laws for ever.

When you're writing‚ you're conjuring. It's a ritual‚ and you need to be brave and respectful and sometimes get out of the way of whatever it is that you're inviting into the room.