Praise when merited is not a boon: yet to a generous nature, is it pleasant to utter it.

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.

I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.

Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.

Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you.

Toil is man's allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that's more than either, the grief and sin of idleness.

Meditation and water are wedded for ever.

I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.

Aye, aye! and I'll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition's flames before I give him up.

War should be carried on like a monsoon; one changeless determination of every particle towards the one unalterable aim.

A true joy in life should be knowing that you have touched the heart of another human being

In the space, the pause between this breath and the one that follows, you have made a home inside me.

Because in my head I have more demons than it should be have

L'absurde est la notion essentielle et la premie' re ve? rite? . The absurd is the fundamental idea and the first truth.

Not merely one of the finest fantasy novels of recent years, but one of the finest ever. Should not be missed

I am genuinely not an over-the-top kind of person about politics or anything else.

I am perfectly willing for my music to exist with somebody else's taste.

With family dramas, it's hard to keep those stories alive.

What do Japanese Jews love to eat? Hebrew National Tsunami.

Let us say it now: to be blind and to be loved, is indeed, upon this earth where nothing is complete, one of the most strangely exquisite forms of happiness.