Only the descent into the hell of self-knowledge can pave the way to godliness.

Some people are born for Halloween, and some are just counting the days until Christmas.

A madhouse of frenzied moneymaking and frenzied pleasure-seeking, with none of the corners chipped off. It is beautifully situatedand the air reminds one curiously of Edinburgh.

Oh Lord please don't burn us don't kill or toast your flock. Don't put us on the barbecue or simmer us in stock. Don't bake or baste or boil us or stir-fry us in a wok.

To be calm is the highest achievement of the best of what you have.

When you hear an instrumental song someone is singing over, you know right away it's wrong.

In my first season I was learning about English football in a new team. I scored 13 which isn't bad, but I think I can do better.

I was brought up in many different cultures, moving around all the time, and I find my identity in my songs. I project the identity I want to have throughout the songs that I write.

If you remember your lineage, you will never feel lonely.

The happiness of the domestic fireside is the first boon of Heaven; and it is well it is so, since it is that which is the lot of the mass of mankind.

Women play with their beauty as children do with their knives. They wound themselves with it.