The loves and sorrows that are great are destroyed by their own plentitude.

I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.

Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

Oh, brothers! I don't care for brothers. My elder brother won't die, and my younger brothers seem never to do anything else.

If a man treats life artistically, his brain is his heart.

What fire does not destroy, it hardens

All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

I believe in my mask-- The man I made up is meI believe in my dance-- And my destiny

Don't talk, just listen, and feel with all your heart.

Today’s caterpillars are tomorrow’s butterflies.

It is the suffering of ambivalence: the murderous alternation between bitter resentment and raw-edged nerves, and blissful gratification and tenderness

Let them impeach and be damned.

My own definition of leadership is this: The capacity and the will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which inspires confidence.

I hate Mcdonalds... but i'm forced to eat it.

I stand at the altar of murdered men, and, while I live, I fight their cause.

I think people should have the right to bear arms, but they should be limited as to what kinds of guns they can have.

Love's wounds can be healed only by the one who inflicts them.