The imagination may be compared to Adam's dream-he awoke and found it truth.

Through the dancing poppies stole A breeze, most softly lulling to my soul.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness.

The only means of strengthening one's intellect is to make up one's mind about nothing, to let the mind be a thoroughfare for all thoughts.

A hope beyond the shadow of a dream.

Land and sea, weakness and decline are great separators, but death is the great divorcer for ever.

Shed no tear - O, shed no tear! The flower will bloom another year. Weep no more - O, weep no more! Young buds sleep in the root's white core.

Open afresh your rounds of starry folds, Ye ardent Marigolds.

And when thou art weary I'll find thee a bed, Of mosses and flowers to pillow thy head.

Neither poetry, nor ambition, nor love have any alertness of countenance as they pass by me.

You are always new, the last of your kisses was ever the sweetest.

Some kids look at me strange in the hallways because I don't decorate my locker, ...

Failure to love is almost like murder.

When you have parents who are recognizable, there's a certain part of you that wants to know that people you meet are able to not get clouded by that.

The school as a means of education to me was simply a blank.

I pay tax, and I pay federal tax, too. But I have a write-off, a lot of it's depreciation, which is a wonderful charge. I love depreciation.

When someone entrusts their heart to you they are giving you a piece of their soul. You cannot treat the soul casually. You must protect, nurture and handle it with care.

You have to know what you stand for, not just what you stand against.

I don't mind wearing a corset; it informs your posture, changes the way you move, you can't slouch.

In ancient times cats were worshiped as gods; they have not forgotten this.

Faith lights us through the dark to Deity.