Possession and loving are concepts that damn each other.

When my heart is better, less shrunken, I will throw her out there to love again, without hesitation, even knowing what we know.

I've always used Old English in certain songs.

Let my body dwell in poverty, and my hands be as the hands of the toiler; but let my soul be as a temple of remembrance where the treasures of knowledge enter and the inner sanctuary is hope.

Like the East Side tenement, our house was seldom without the sound of music or laughter or questions being asked or stories being told.

It is human nature to seek revenge in the face of relentless suffering. You can’t expect an unhealthy person to think logically.

In the end, it is impossible not to become what others believe you are.

It comes as second nature to men to sacrifice themselves, and their women to let them do it.

People need love. It’s the most powerful emotion in the world.

The task that we face today is to understand the language of nature.

If you have to ask someone to change, to tell you they love you, to bring wine to dinner, to call you when they land, you can't afford to be with them.