There did he sit shrivelled in his chimney corner, fretting on account of his weak legs, world weary, will weary, and one day he suffocated through his excessive pity.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

There is always madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.

Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.

There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.

I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.

There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.

I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.

Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal.

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.

Embracing our brokenness creates a need and a desire for mercy and perhaps a corresponding need to show mercy.

If you wanted to be average, you would not be reading this book.

I do not think I could myself, be brought to support a man for office, whom I knew to be an open enemy of, and scoffer at, religion.

It is one of the arts of a great beauty to heighten the effect of her charms by affecting to be sweetly unconscious of them.

Every individual can make a difference every day by making conscious choices.

You had evil inside you, and you indulged it. Men will always indulge it.

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Possibilities and miracles mean the same thing

The Devil may take the reckless, but the good will surely die of boredom. Boredom and frustration.

I am volatile for one, rigid for another, angular as an icicle in silver, or voluptuous as a candle flame in gold.