The air is full of farewells to the dying. And mournings for the dead.

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.

I was too much of a Bronx kid to read Emerson or Hawthorne.

There's no such thing as a limit on being the best. You can always go for more. That's what it means to be human. No... That's what it means to be me. - Claire Stanfield

Forcing yourself to see the world through love's gaze can be healthy. Love is an attitude to life. It can save us.

Why aren't you girls out stealing hubcaps or shoplifting like normal children?

When I began listening to saxophones, I was first attracted to Coleman Hawkins

When you let the wolves guard the hen house, there's bound to be a few chicken dinners.

Self pity is easily the most destructive of the non-pharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim from reality.

If I could make a career out of drawing little girls hiding in corners, I would do really well.

Those big blue eyes were swimming, and he was afraid that if the first tear fell, he would break and carry her off anywhere she wanted to go.

The desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.