Some men are heroes by nature in that they will give all that is in them without regard to the effort or to the personal returns.

We are torn between nostalgia for the familiar and an urge for the foreign and strange. As often as not, we are homesick most for the places we have never known.

We are homesick most for the places we have never known.

Nothing is so musical as the sound of pouring bourbon for the first drink on a Sunday morning. Not Bach or Schubert or any of those masters.

The writer is by nature a dreamer - a conscious dreamer.

Falling in love is the easiest thing in the world. It's standing in love that matters.

How can the dead be truly dead when they still live in the souls of those who are left behind?

The mind is like a richly woven tapestry in which the colors are distilled from the experiences of the senses, and the design drawn from the convolutions of the intellect.

Love is a joint experience between two persons -- but the fact that it is a joint experience does not mean that it is a similar experience to the two people involved.

The thinking mind is best controlled by the imagination.

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter.

When people keep TALKING about you, don't waste time listening to what they say, keep WORKING on what you dream about.

A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession.

The doctrine of the importance of hoards for stabilizing the objective exchange-value of money has gradually lost its adherents with the passing of time. Nowadays its supporters are few.

We can’t improve what we don’t assess.

Stephen had spared no expense in making himself more unhappy, his own position as a rejected lover clearer.

But my humble opinion is, I'm not quite sure where I stand on the legalization of drugs - though, if tequila is legal, pot should probably be legal.

Even if I had stayed she wouldn't have ever wanted me. She didn't want me for anything more than a summer fling. I was a way of moving on for her.

For me, as much about being a parent as it is about being a child.

Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work your judgment will be surer.

We ought to take outdoor walks, to refresh and raise our spirits by deep breathing in the open air.