Some were brilliant bordering on genius. Others, genius bordering on madness

True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked.

This isn't a watercolor, it's a mural.

It takes someone very special to help you forget someone very special.

Love means not ever having to say you're sorry.

Sometimes I ask myself what would I be if Jenny were alive. And then I answer : I would also be alive." - Oliver.

And then I did what I had never done in his presence, much less in his arms. I cried.

Part of being a big winner is the ability to be a big loser. There is no paradox involved. It is a distinctly Harvard thing to be able to turn any defeat into victory

Professors of classics - not even a professor of English - professors of classics, they're something sacred; it's almost like being a priest.

I was afraid of being rejected, yes. I was also afraid of being accepted for the wrong reasons.

What can you say about a twenty-five-year-old girl who died?

Thou shalt not use poetry, art or music to get into girls’ pants - use it to get into their heads.

It is completely usual for me to get up in the morning, take a look around, and laugh out loud.

When you're too relaxed it's not good to create.

A good athlete always mentally replays a competition over and over, even in victory, to see what might be done to improve the performance the next time.

They who wander widest lift No more of beauties' jealous veils, Than they who from their doorways see The miracle of flowers and trees.

When a child is born, there are two births. The birth of the child and the birth of the mother.

How great, therefore, the wickedness of human nature is! How many girls there are who prevent conception and kill and expel tender fetuses, although procreation is the work of God.

We sometimes congratulate ourselves.

Promises. I was drowning in promises.

When a Wall Street analyst or broker expresses optimism, investors must take it with a grain of salt.