Passion out of passion's obstacles.

It may be that you are settled in another place it may be that you are happy but the one who took your heart wields final power.

When I fell in love it was as though I looked into a mirror for the first time and saw myself.

I go on writing so that I will always have something to read.

The world is surely wide enough to walk without fear.

St. Paul said it is better to marry than to burn, but my mother taught me it is better to burn than to marry.

Infatuation. First Love. Lust. My passion can be explained away. But this is sure: Whatever she touches, she reveals.

Passion is sweeter split strand by strand. Divided and re-divided likemercury then gathered up only at the last moment.

Passion is not such an emotion as a destiny.

Nowadays people talk about the things he did as though they made sense. As though even his most disastrous mistakes were only the result of bad luck or hubris.

What is luck', he said, 'but the ability to exploit accidents?

There is a poem at the heart of things and a mythic story in the heart of each of us.

Time alone can help us to look inward, to fish for things that others can’t see.

I would like Epicurus and Buddha to become one.

To be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words.

A brave world, sir, full of religion, knavery, and change: we shall shortly see better days.

Pregnancy is the only time in a woman's life she can help God work a miracle.

If you don’t know God as beautiful and satisfying, you don’t know him.

We have a unique chance to heal divisions, give everyone a stake in the future and set an example as the most creative, innovative and progressive country in the world.

Poetry affords us a respite in which we may gather renewed strength for the old struggle to adapt ourselves to reality.

Martyrdom does not consist only in dying for one's faith. Martyrdom also consists in serving God with love and purity of heart every day of one's life