The Quaker loves an ample brim, A hat that bows to no salaam; And dear the beaver is to him As if it never made a dam.

With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread.

No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees, No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds - November!

Dear bells! how sweet the sound of village bells When on the undulating air they swim!

My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread.

Coquetry is the champagne of love.

There's a double beauty whenever a swan Swims on a lake with her double thereon.

Some minds improve by travel, others, rather, resemble copper wire, or brass, which get the narrower by going farther.

I saw old Autumn in the misty morn stand shadowless like silence, listening to silence.

I remember, I remember, The house where I was born, The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn.

Gold! gold! gold! gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold!

The greatest weight a bird has to drop before it can fly is fear.

Do you still look at each other like you once did, back at the beginning of the story when everything was a question you were too afraid to find the answer to?

Even if all the clocks in the station break down, thought Hugo, time won't stop. Not even if you really want it to. Like now.

The best business decision I've made was to become a songwriter. I can't say that I have a worst, because I don't have any regrets.

She never said, "No, don't buy that trash," or "Pick a real book." She knew they were all real books. This is how great a librarian she was. And how great a mom.

It takes courage to be creative. Just as soon as you have a new idea, you are in a minority of one.

What the inner voice says will not disappoint the hoping soul.

Your woman pisses you off so that gets in there; that's rock n roll.

You cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent.

I would have never released the sanctions [for Iran] before there was consistent evidence of compliance.