She sought his eyes once again. Eyes so perfect a blue they rivaled the most gorgeous lapis lazuli stone.

Long before the stars died the birds began to sing - cool rippling doves, loud cheery starlings, the long lilting trills of warblers and thrushes.

To have a good enemy, choose a friend: he knows where to strike.

I believe if you want to convey a complex philosophy, its advisable to keep it simple: day-to-day lingo.

There are both dull correctness and piquant carelessness; it is needless to say which will command the most readers and have the most influence.

The mind gives meaning to anything but the meaning it gives is meaningless.

But there's the beauty of life beyond the bubble. It's possible for someone to see your wicked bits and still love you.

Poems tend to have instructions for how to read them embedded in their language.

Surgeon general's job is to protect, promote and advance the health, safety and security of the nation.

There are few sensations more painful, than, in the midst of deep grief, to know that the season which we have always associated with mirth and rejoicing is at hand.

but I had also learned that freedom of speech means freedom from rhetoric.