The unearthly arrogance of the nonexistence.

We are loved if we love, another truth we always seem to forget. ...Loving requires so much courage and so little expectation.

I'm an off-the-charts introvert. To me, being around groups of strangers is exhausting. I've had to sort of train myself to think about two tactics: finding common ground and invoking humor.

Love you not, then, to list and hear The crackling of the gorse-flower near, Pouring an orange-scented tide Of fragrance o'er the desert wide?

I believe in things that have proof.

A dangerous quality, if real; and a not less dangerous one, if feigned.

Sometimes I'm not nice for a reason. It's a way to find out what someone's made of.

I regret nothing, says arrogance; I will regret nothing, says inexperience.

Women hate a debt as men a gift.

A lot of learning canbe a little thing.

The trouble is that thinking looks like loafing. Who wants to pay people for daydreaming?