Stern duties need not speak sternly. He who stood firm before the thunder worshipped the still small voice.

Unsuccessful emulation is too apt to sink into envy, which of all sins has not even the excuse to offer of temporary gratification.

It is a zealot's faith that blasts the shrines of the false god, but builds no temple to the true.

It often requires more strength and judgment to resist than to embrace an opportunity. It is better to do nothing than to do other than well.

Sister Simplicitie! Sing, sing a song to me,-- Sing me to sleep! Some legend low and long, Slow as the summer song Of the dull Deep.

Whenever I went to a wedding or a party, girls kept complaining about their shoes. I love to dance, and I wanted them to have shoes they could keep on all night.

I still like paper books. Like, book is a flammable object. After you read it, you could use it to get warm. Or it could become a pile of napkins.

Life is too short. I don't have time to speak slowly.

I usually am very specific about how I engage information, how I engage people, what context I'm engaging and, above all, the research that goes into each of those.

Loyalty expanded is not loyalty betrayed!

Thanks be to God we lived so long and did so much good.

It's as if there's a magnet on the outside of the posts and bar.

A stilted heron labored up into the air and pounded down the river.

On twitter, you may have a zero follower; but in real life, this is not possible because everyone has a shadow!

I don't have perfect pitch. My drums sound like a drummer, not a drum machine.