The poet has to make a synthesis out of the moral life of our time, and this life is lived at this moment on a political plane.

It is a common delusion that you make things better by talking about them.

Life, for all its agonies...is exciting and beautiful, amusing and artful and endearing...and whatever is to come after it -- we shall not have this life again.

So they left the subject and played croquet, which is a very good game for people who are annoyed with one another, giving many opportunities for venting rancor.

At the worst, a house unkept cannot be so distressing as a life unlived.

Once you get to know your neighbors, you are no longer free, you are all tangled up, you have to stop and speak when you are out and you never feel safe when you are in.

The great and recurrent question about Abroad is, is it worth the trouble of getting there?

Human passions against eternal laws -- that is the everlasting conflict.

To lunch with the important ... that should be the daily goal of those for whom life is not a playground but a ladder.

The impulse to ask questions is among the more primitive human lusts.

As to the family, I have never understood how that fits in with the other ideals -- or, indeed, why it should be an ideal at all.

When I write I feel like I can breathe. It’s like yoga for the brain.

We don't need to be a pro photographer for making a photo or an experienced author for making quotes, everyone can make photos and quotes.

Colin reached out and grabbed hold o fine car engine, ripping it. He lifted it above his head. Solomon Cord dropped the wrench and said God it is true.

Of course there's no such thing as a totally objective person, except Almighty God, if she exists.

'Twilight' has been a great opportunity, and it's been great fun. Hey, if I'm 50, and someone still wants an autograph for 'Twilight,' OK, cool.

It is far better to be happy than to have our bodies act as graveyards to animals.

How would you like to live with somebody who was everlastingly grieving your heart by his conduct?

To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self.

I cook everything. I love Mediterranean cooking, I love Asian cooking. I do lots of Japanese noodles.

It's tough to fully believe in yourself sometimes.