The winter will be long and bleak. Nature has a dismal aspect.

To believe everything is to be an imbecile. To deny everything is to be a fool.

Literature is the expression of society.

Such days of autumnal decline hold a strange mystery which adds to the gravity of all our moods.

After owning books, almost the next best thing is talking about them.

There is something marvelously soft in the study of nature which attaches a name to every being, a thought to every name, affection and memories to every thought.

Our years, our debts, and our enemies are always more numerous than we imagine.

But if what interests you are stories of the fantastic, I must warn you that this kind of story demands more art and judgment than is ordinarily imagined.

Do not be alarmed if they look paler than the other maidens of Greece. They are scarcely of this Earth, and seem to be shaking off the sleep of a past life.

It is wrong to kill anyone. It is wrong to kill those who kill. It is wrong to kill the executioner. The laws on murder must be killed!

Don't make rash decisions while the world is dark. Wait for the light to make all things clear.

Letting go facilitates the evolution of the soul.

I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that.

I appreciate simplicity, true beauty that lasts over time, and a little wit and eclecticism that make life more fun.

The first rule of business is: Do other men for they would do you

I'm very open to all different genres because I'm a very open-minded girl.

Be not for ever harassed by impotent desire.

Few ideas are in themselves practical. It is for want of imagination in applying them that they fail. The creative process does not end with an idea-it only starts with an idea.

Welcome to The Daily Show, I'm John Oliver. Jon Stewart is still not here. He is currently living out a live-action Lord of the Rings role-playing experience deep in the New Zealand wilderness.

There are more fish taken out of a stream than ever were in it.