She was the prettiest, silliest, most affected, husband-hunting butterfly ever.

Autumn glows upon us like a splendid evening; it is the very sunset of the year.

Does it not appear to you versatility is the true and rare characteristic of that rare thing called genius-versatility and playfulness? In my mind they are both essential.

I foresee that the Andersen and Fairy Tale fashion will not last; none of these things away from general nature do.

To think of playing cricket for hard cash! Money and gentility would ruin any pastime under the sun.

Friendship is the bread of the heart.

I place flowers in the very first rank of simple pleasures; and I have no very good opinion of the hard worldly people who take no delight in them.

Nothing so pretty to look at as my garden!

We may admire people for being wise, but we like them best when they are foolish.

A novel should be as like life as a painting, but not as like life as a piece of waxwork.

In our present high state of civilization, people are so much alike, that anything at all odd comes on one with the freshness and character of an antique coin among smooth shillings.

You can t coast uphill.

The first and most important thing that God requires of a man is to bear responsibility for future generations

Block out all the negative energy, and just love.

If we're at the lowest point in history, that means we're in a new Cold War.

To be afraid of our next life because we don't feel we've done a good job with this life is not wise. It creates unhappiness now.

When I was a child I had a crush on Abraham Lincoln. Why I would choose to reveal this, I know not.

I'm the luckiest guy in the world. I wake up every day just fired up. My one rule is, don't let anyone pinch me, because I don't want to wake up.

A certain slightly cruel disregard for the feelings of living people is simply part of the package. I think a writer, if hes any good, is not an entirely benign entity in the world.

Bukowski said, "I know I'm good, so I like that people think I'm bad, because it gives me a dimension, effortlessly."

The truth has a way of changing people's plans.