The machinations of ambiguity are among the very roots of poetry.

This world is good enough for me, if only I can be good enough for it.

Liberal hopefulness Regards death as a mere border to an improving picture.

Life involves maintaining oneself between contradictions that can't be solved by analysis.

Poetry contains nothing haphazard.

The heart of standing is that you cannot fly.

The central function of imaginative literature is to make you realize that other people act on moral convictions different from your own.

Law makes long spokes of the short stakes of men.

Twixt devil and deep sea, man hacks his caves; Birth, death; one, many; what is true, and seems; Earth's vast hot iron, cold space's empty waves.

Proust has listed a great many reasons why it is impossible to be happy, but, in the course of being happy, one finds it difficult to remember them.

The difficult part of good temper consists in forbearance, and accommodation to the ill-humors of others.

Self-knowledge is better than self-control any day, " Raquel said firmly. "And I know myself well enough to know how I act around cookies.

Surrender to your fear so you may triumph over it.

I have two moods when I get drunk. The common mood is the lazy, happy-go-lucky guy. The uncommon mood is the frustrated, self-deprecating guy. That night was the latter.

For happiness don't pursue satisfaction, but pursue heroism.

I love black lingerie and white shoes, and I love knives.

In order to be Miss Anybody you had to have excellent grades, and I had terrible grades because of my dyslexia.

The measure of a country's greatness should be based on how well it cares for its most vulnerable populations.

If you're an addict, if you drink and you're putting a depressant into your body, it's going to cause serious problems.

There are moments when tribulations occur in our lives, and we cannot avoid them. But they are there for some reason.

For in religion as in friendship, they who profess most are ever the least sincere.