Readers tend to devour short stories on a newssheet, but would be disinclined to read them in collections

Twere better far That gods should quaff their nectar merrily, And men sing out the day like grasshoppers, So may they haply lull the watchful thunder.

It's better to write about things you feel than about things you know about.

Her very frowns are fairer far Than smiles of other maidens are.

To force a female to do things in male fashion is not equal opportunity, it is distorted idealism.

The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.

Oh, where is man That mortal god, that hath no mortal kin Or like on earth? Shall Nature's orator The interpreter of all her mystic strains Shall he be mute in Nature's jubilee?

With all your music, loud and lustily, With every dainty joy of sight and smell, Prepare a banquet meet to entertain The Lord of Thunder, that hath set you free From old oppression.

If we take care of the inches, we will not have to worry about the miles.

It is never difficult to see images – when the principle of the image is embedded in the soul.

Swans sing before they die - 'twere no bad thing Should certain persons die before they sing.

The first sure symptom of a mind in health Is rest of heart and pleasure felt at home.

Paul may be an excellent source for those interested in the early formation of Christianity, but he is a poor guide for uncovering the historical Jesus.

She had a beautiful face, a beautiful body, but also a distance in her such as he had never met a woman.

You have to suspend thinking in narratives. The moment you are conscious of yourself the gap opens up. And in this gap, stories are generated.

Discover the great ideas that lie inside you by discovering the power of sleep.

To become immortal, and then to die.

I believe America is safest and strongest when we are leading the world and we are leading strong alliances.

It is great wisdom to know how to be silent and to look at neither the remarks, nor the deeds, nor the lives of others.

Life isn't all about what you don't have, but yet, what you do with what you have been given.

The soldier is summoned to a life of active duty and so is the Christian.