People who inspire such contradictory emotions must be worthwhile, I reasoned.

I had loved poetry and the theatre. Now I loved adventure more.

Those who have not been stung will hardly fear a bee the same as those who have.

We might give her presents, tell some tales, but would she ever be able to really understand what the journey had been like for us?

It seemed to me that these months of watching and listening, second-guessing words and phrases, seeking so much that was new, had somehow changed me.

If you tempted a poor man with a fortune, who could blame the fellow for taking what he could?

I am torn between the freedom of this adventure and the benefits of civilization despite its constraints.

We are home to each other now.

They say, poetry is dead. I say, was there ever a time they had a clue of what the state of poetry is?

Entrepreneurs persevere until it pays off. One good day can make up for an entire month, and one good month can make up for an entire year. Don't give up. The isn't over 'till it's over!

I rose from marsh mudalgae, equisetum, willows, sweet green, noisybirds and frogs.

What was it about that short creature with her wild hair and spurious air of purity and why would anyone much less two men love her and to such disastrous ends.

Tis the common disease of all your musicians that they know no mean, to be entreated, either to begin or end.

Sometimes 'great acting' is just showing off - chewing up scenery and dialogue and other actors - the equivalent of a theatrical sugar rush.

I like playing against LeBron more than anybody else in the league. He brings out the best in me, and I bring out the best in him.

We need not only a purpose in life to give meaning to our existence but also something to give meaning to our suffering. We need as much something to suffer for as something to live for.

The most pressing and significant problems in the global economy are unsustainable structural issues with regard to the E.U. - fiscal deficits and the structure of the E.U. itself.

Taxes cause the most bad business decisions.