Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is godlike.

Softly the evening came /with the sunset/.

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.

Into each life some rain must fall.

The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.

My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.

Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.

Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time.

The road from ‘here’ to ‘there’ is a map yet to be written with the pen I hold in my hand.

...accustomed like the white blackbird to the loneliness of eccentricity yet never quite reconciled to it, they found in each other's oddness a most comforting compatibility.

To fall in love is to create a religion that has a fallible god.

We have to carry through to the next day and hope that we will be okay tomorrow as we are today and in the meantime, enjoy life.

Male chimpanzees have an extraordinarily strong drive for dominance. They're constantly jockeying for position.

I'm interested in stories and the dark side of peoples' minds.

Cynicism is more than a pose; it's also a handy time saver. By deflating your companion's enthusiasm, you can cut conversations in half.

My parents worked enormously hard to put four children through college. We didn't have a lot of money.

When you're too concerned about branding, you're restricting yourself.

There aren't enough girl drummers.