Oh, do the Overlords of Life and Death always provide some obstacle to prevent what all of us have known in youth was possible from ever coming true?

Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is.

No lady is ever a gentleman.

Why is the King of Hearts the only one that hasn't a moustache?

There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.

While it is well enough to leave footprints on the sands of time, it is even more important to make sure they point in a commendable direction.

People never want to be told anything they do not believe already.

Time changes all things and cultivates even in herself an appreciation of irony, and, therefore, why shouldn't I have changed a trifle?

Literature is a vast bazaar where customers come to purchase everything except mirrors.

Good and evil keep very exact accounts... and the face of every man is their ledger.

Creeds matter very little... The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true. So I elect for neither label.

The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself.

But pain's like water. It finds a way to push through any seal. There's no way to stop it. Sometimes you have to let yourself sink inside of it before you can learn how to swim to the surface.

We are going to finish this picture just the way I want it... because you cannot compromise an artist's vision.

Columbus's doom-burdened caravels Slant to the shore, and all their seamen land.

I love Jon Hamm. I'm so lucky to get to work with him and work so closely with him.

The record rainfall and storm surges that have brought flooding across the UK are a clear sign that we are already experiencing the impacts of climate change.

Worship is the grand theme of the Bible.

Don't worry, I won't bite. At least not in the way you're afraid of.

True thinkers are characterized by a blending of clearness and mystery.