The critics could never mortify me out of heart - because I love poetry for its own sake, - and, tho' with no stoicism and some ambition, care more for my poems than for my poetic reputation.

I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach.

Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God: But only he who sees takes off his shoes.

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

You're something between a dream and a miracle.

Light tomorrow with today!

You were made perfectly to be loved - and surely I have loved you, in the idea of you, my whole life long.

Silence is the best response to a fool.

I love you for the part of me that you bring out.

Why, what is to live? Not to eat and drink and breathe,—but to feel the life in you down all the fibres of being, passionately and joyfully.

Life is art and art is life.

When intelligence shuts a door, wisdom opens a window.

Just because something is legal doesn't always make it right.

That great artillery of God Almighty.

Ultimately, the perfect meal is when those things come together - circumstance, the food, ambiance, and you're with the person that you want to be with.

I gained 80 pounds for my pregnancy so this is like my coming out party.

I think there was a time when I was too strict and controlling. I think I asphyxiated my children.

The law of the realm cannot be changed but by Parliament.

I think we can take back Mosul, and then we can move on into Syria and take back Raqqa.

True thinkers are characterized by a blending of clearness and mystery.