The man without a navel still lives in me.

It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many million faces, there should be none alike.

Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living.

Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles.

Light is the shadow of God.

What song the Syrens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women, though puzzling questions, are not beyond all conjecture.

There are mystically in our faces certain characters which carry in them the motto of our souls, wherein he that cannot read may read our natures.

All the wonders you seek are within yourself.

There is musick, even in the beauty and the silent note which Cupid strikes, far sweeter than the sound of an instrument.

Think it more satisfactory to live richly than die rich.

We carry within us the wonders we seek without us.

Adversity leads us to think properly of our state and so is most beneficial to us.

Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the danger of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity.

Always remember, money isn't everything - but also remember to make a lot of it before talking such fool nonsense.

The decline and fall of a civilization is barely noticed by most of its citizens.

When a person goes into a relationship emotionally needy, they are not going to have discernment in choosing people.

The Jungle Bush Beaters didn't last too long as a group, but we had a pretty good time while we did.

And if Hollywood has taught us anything, it's that cool props and special effects are not enough. Story comes first. Everything depends on story.

When I write, I put aside the heterosexual world to admit a muse that is a woman-loving-woman female.

I tried playing electric for awhile and it just didn't work out. My reflexes are centered on the six string acoustic. I just played the electric too hard and it sounded awful, so I gave it up.

Words of love are works of love.