There are certain natures to whom work is nothing, the act of work everything.

A realist, in Venice, would become a romantic by mere faithfulness to what he saw before him.

The desert of virginity Aches in the hotness of her mouth.

My soul is like this cloudy, flaming opal ring.

The clamours of spring are the same old delicate noises, The earth renews its magical youth at a breath.

Vaguely conscious of that great suspense in which we live, we find our escape from its sterile, annihilating reality in many dreams, in religion, passion, art.

As perfume doth remain In the folds where it hath lain, So the thought of you, remaining Deeply folded in my brain, Will not leave me: all things leave me: You remain.

The wind is rising on the sea,The windy white foam-dancers leap;And the sea moans uneasily,And turns to sleep, and cannot sleep.

The English mist is always at work like a subtle painter, and London is a vast canvas prepared for the mist to work on.

To have loved, to have been made happy thus, / What better fate has life in store for us?

I had my dreams of Venice, but nothing that I had dreamed was as impossible as what I found.

God is the Saviour of all men.

There are some feelings you will never find words for

It's too theatrical not to express yourself constantly.

I grew up going to church three times a week in my family. It's been a center of my life.

Your ideal possession candidate's a thirteen-year-old recently orphaned schizophrenic girl three days away from her period on her way to see the shrink with whom she's romantically besotted.

Those who conduct themselves with morality, integrity and consistency need not fear the forces of inhumanity and cruelty.

When character is lost, rules and punishments cannot take its place.

The boundaries of your life are merely a creation of the self.

Every album is difficult. If it was easy, we'd make one a month.