Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure can be acquired by art.

Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.

To dwellers in a wood, almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature.

The resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossible.

That aspects are within us; and who seems Most kingly is the King.

O, you have torn my life all to pieces... made me be what I prayed you in pity not to make me be again!

A woman would rather visit her own grave than the place where she has been young and beautiful after she is aged and ugly.

You have never loved me as I love you--never--never! Yours is not a passionate heart--your heart does not burn in a flame! You are, upon the whole, a sort of fay, or sprite-- not a woman!

Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.

The perfect woman, you see [is] a working-woman; not an idler; not a fine lady; but one who [uses] her hands and her head and her heart for the good of others.

Why is it that a woman can see from a distance what a man cannot see close?

I have always loved magic realism as a form of writing. I have also been fascinated for a long time with the intersection of science and religion.

My favorite movie, one of 'em is [Notorious]. I love Scarface as well. I've got a lot of mob movies.

I stood still, a prey to a thousand thoughts, stifled in the robe of the evening.

So if you want to know how Exxon Mobil can make $10 billion profit in 90 days, just look around. The whole world was built for them.

This was the most emotional title of my career. I was the youngest champion, and now I'm the oldest.

I say 'no' to drugs. Whenever someone asks me for some of my drugs I say, 'no.

My favorite Muppet? Uh... Kermi -- no, Animal. Animal is my favorite now.

I prefer the gloominess to the sun. I don't know why.

The facts of life are that a child who has seen war cannot be compared with a child who doesn't know what war is except from television.

Ask BIG questions, find BIG answers.