The loudspeaker on the wall crackles, hisses, and suddenly announces, in astonishingly soothing tones, that a train is going to be delayed. An ocean swell of sighs ripples through the waiting room.

The fatal mistake we make is looking for a paradise that endures...This obsession with what lasts causes us to overlook many a fleeting paradise.

The translator of prose is the slave of the author, and the translator of poetry is his rival.

...she studies to be equal in a world that is no longer surprised at anything

Men can be pitiless towards a woman whose body has eluded them, particularly if this is thanks to their own cowardice.

Their own life together was like a subtle watercolor sketch, invisible to other people. They gave the world what it required of them and for the rest of the time were content to be forgotten.

There were many, many debts to be paid before she left Rifthold and took back her throne. Starting now. Fortunate that she was in a killing sort of mood.

War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun.

Piety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of mind the highest culture.

I think there's a danger, for me at least, in retreating and going inward and depression. I have to stay diligent against that tendency.

Everything beautiful has to be worked for.

Man is a creature of light and air, and I should therefore recommend little or no clothing when training.

I'm only interested in winning ball games and I can't be worrying about whether the sun's out or the moon's out.

I will it, I order it, let my will stand for a reason.

I get tired of negativity in our country. I get tired of people who only want to know dirt. I get tired of people who don't believe in themselves.

Don't settle for average. You were made for greatness.