Poetry is the only art people haven't learned to consume like soup.

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

Water is the soul of the Earth.

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.

We would rather be ruined than changed. We would rather die in our dread than climb the cross of the moment and let our illusions die.

Civilizations should be measured by the degree of diversity attained and the degree of unity retained.

Herds of reindeer move across Miles and miles of golden moss

All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation.

'Healing,' Papa would tell me, 'is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.'

Few people take an interest in Iceland, but in those few the interest is passionate.

No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.

Art is long, and Time is fleeting.

I have been smashed and put back together so many times nothing works right. Nothing is where it should be, heavy thumping in my shoulder where my heart now beats.

Brie's expiration date on revenge was never.

'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view and robes the mountain in its azure hue.

Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either.

I cannot afford to make mistakes.

So long as it doesn't get to the point where you don't remember whose opera you're listening to, I'm willing to experiment.

Matt Cooke may be the worst fighter in the history of the National Hockey League.

The freedom of thought and expression is one of the most sacred rights in this country.

...Ned always said that the man who passes the sentence should swing the blade, though he never took any joy in the duty. But I would, oh, yes.