The difference between the reason of man and the instinct of the beast is this that the beast does but know but the man knows that he knows.

No Spring nor Summer beauty hath such grace As I have seen in one Autumnal face.

No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.

Death comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal when it comes.

Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime, nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.

Busy old fool, unruly Sun, why dost thou thus through windows and through curtains call on us? Must to thy motions lovers seasons run?

Twice or thrice had I loved thee before I knew thy face or name, so in a voice, so in a shapeless flame, angels affect us oft, and worshiped be.

What gnashing is not a comfort, what gnawing of the worm is not a tickling, what torment is not a marriage bed to this damnation, to be secluded eternally, eternally, eternally from the sight of God?

Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

More than kisses, letters mingle souls.

When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language.

We only have one life and two choices: sadness and regret for a past we cannot change or happiness for every moment we can choose how to live.

And the trouble is if you don't risk anything you risk even more.

We want people to experience art and think about it. The art reflects our time, it is about our culture.

Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity.

I was one of the first women producers in Hollywood.

First you don't want me to get the pony, then you want me to take it back. Make up your mind!

In our day there are no longer any ideas, or they are scarcer than hens' teeth.

I climb, I backtrack. I float. I ramble my way home.

Past and future are two aspects of the same coin. The name of the coin is mind.

All impediments in fancy's course Are motives of more fancy.