The fancy is indeed no other than a mode of memory emancipated from the order of time and space.

Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of aphorisms: and the greatest and best of men is but an aphorism.

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

There is one art of which people should be masters - the art of reflection.

Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.

A great mind must be androgynous.

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.

That gracious thing, made up of tears and light.

The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.

Religion is the most gentlemanly thing in the world. It alone will gentilize, if unmixed with cant.

Poor little Foal of an oppressed race! I love the languid patience of thy face.

Nothing about multiculturalism antagonized Rachel. She liked all kinds of food, clothing, cultural customs, and music. The one thing that held her aloof was a fear of offending through ignorance.

I always wanted to have my own album released before I graduated from high school.

I still play solo shows. And some of those shows are still some of the best, most gratifying shows.

The most troublesome problem which confronts social engineering is how to provide for the untalented and, what is equally important, how to provide against them.

I'd rather dance in a corner than dance in a circle.

Irene Bennett Brown keeps the promise of her gifted writing and love for history inside this fine contemporary mystery. I loved it.

I got my Backstage Bistro Award, I should just retire. You know, that's a good question and I guess it's really really different for everybody.

The upper 1 percent, the people down on Wall Street, the corporate executives, they're the people that control this economy.

Republicans prefer straight talk to politically correct talk!

Friendship isn't about whom you have known the longest...it's about who came, and never left your side.