The object of art is to make eternal the desperately fleeting moment.

There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go.

All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.

It's interesting, isn't it? . . . the chandelier . . . it reminds me of mushroom soup.

Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it... Success is shy - it won't come out while you're watching.

Don't look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes you'll know you're dead.

Caged birds accept each other, but flight is what they long for.

The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that's also a hypocrite!

Life is an unanswered question, but let's still believe in the dignity and importance of the question.

A prayer for the wild at heart kept in cages.

Friends are God's way of apologizing to us for our families

While we are sitting in meditation, we are simply exploring humanity and all of creation in the form of ourselves.

He wanted one night with her when he did not have to be on his guard waiting for the Douglases to discover that she was English and a lass

You cannot lead those who do not want to follow.

The difference between weakness and wickedness is much less than people suppose and the consequences are nearly always the same.

Love is metaphysical gravity.

God can use a sensitive Christian to be a rich blessing in the life of one who knows pain and sorrow.

I think of myself now as a writer, although I wouldn't go as far as to say 'novelist' because that sounds like a Victorian person.

Pursue not a victory too far. He hath conquered well that hath made his enemy fly; thou mayest beat him to a desperate resistance, which may ruin thee.

The fact is, if a young man is naturally indolent, the spur of necessity will drive him but a very little way, while the having enough to live upon is often the means of preserving his self-respect.

The human is the only guilty animal.