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

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!

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.

The more we study the more we discover our ignorance.

Just shut up and talk. - Shella

The scene is France. The theater is the world.

You’re crazy, ” he hisses. “Too true.

My works are an imitation of my own past and present.

Real faith is refined in the fires and storms of pain.

Why will our elections be universal?Because all citizens, excluding those deprived of vote by court, will have the right to vote and the right to be elected.

Pleasantness was the machismo of the Midwest. There was something athletic about it. You flexed your face into a smile and let it hover there like the dare of a cat.

It is not important to convince people; they should convince themselves, they should look with their own eyes.

Focus and simplicity...once you get there, you can move mountains.