The nearer the dawn the darker the night.

Softly the evening came /with the sunset/.

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.

Into each life some rain must fall.

The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.

My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.

Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.

Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time.

To look at the paper is to raise a seashell to one's ear and to be overwhelmed by the roar of humanity.

I know that the twelve notes in each octave and the varieties of rhythm offer me opportunities that all of human genius will never exhaust.

Another day, a different dream perhaps

I don't like going on stage. Stages mean "nervous" for me.

Conall,” “Aye, Alexia?” He looked up at her. Was that fear in his caramel eyes? “I am going to take advantage of you,” she said

I never thought my marriage could be stronger, or I could be closer to Bill. We prayed on our own, but now we prayed together and you'll never know how much that means until you do it.

All men are free and equal in the grave, if it comes to that.

The more knowledge (of deen) you have the more humble you should be. Instead you are becoming judgemental.

Walter Mondale has all the charisma of a speed bump.

I don't look back or analyze my films. I just make them. It's for someone else to look at.