O flower-de-luce, bloom on, and let the river Linger to kiss thy feet! O flower of song, bloom on, and make forever The world more fair and sweet.

Softly the evening came /with the sunset/.

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.

Into each life some rain must fall.

The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.

My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.

Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.

Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time.

There's always more to the story, Catriona, " She replied. "That's the wonderful thing about stories.

…and he wasn't reconciled to dying. Dora told him he was going to a better world. "Mebbe, mebbe, " says poor Ben, "but I'm sorter used to the imperfections of this one.

I'm not Josh Brolin or Ryan Gosling. They're more noir than I.

I think you actually get a kick out of being disappointed and under-achieving, because it's easier, isn't it? Failure and unhappiness is easier because you can make a joke out of it.

You can put me in the basement or the penthouse, it doesn’t matter to me.

Fervor is the weapon of choice for the impotent.

I did buy a new piece of furniture so it's like, "Oh, that's something new." But generally my goals are made in the fall.

Coming from a working-class background, where my father did manual labor, was a good grounding; I was obsessed with getting a job or getting out of the house at 15.

I would like to work with Jack Nicholson, before it's too late.

I don't want to be somebody who stands still and sings pretty. Each song is a world. Each song is a story. I don't achieve nearly what I want.