There is, in lovers, a certain infatuation of egotism; they will have a witness of their happiness, cost that witness what it may.

Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs.

The idea of seeing the sea - of being near it - watching its changes by sunrise, sunset, moonlight, and noonday - in calm, perhaps in storm - fills and satisfies my mind.

A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.

Oh madam, when you put bread and cheese, instead of burnt porridge, into these children's mouths, you may indeed feed their vile bodies, but you little think how you starve their immortal souls!

Good-night, my-" He stopped, bit his lip, and abruptly left me.

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.

The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, Whose charms were broken if revealed.

Better to be without logic than without feeling.

God did not give me my life to throw it away.

What you want to ignite in others must first burn inside yourself.

Dare to dream big. Never fear to fail. Take actions with love.

There’s no rerun of life. Rejoice while there’s breathe.

I 'd never seen him cry

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

I'm sure I've devoted enough thought to Rush Limbaugh for one lifetime.

There's been so many, I think [Lucas Goodman and I] share this, but for us, Afropunk was a really big moment just because it was in New York.

I have been able to get a small audience. It's not the huge audience, but it's enough to make it possible to play. I appreciate that.

It's not victory if it doesn't end the war.

Courage and wisdom are, indeed, rarities amongst men, but of all that is good, a just man it would seem is the most scarce.

Choose a self and stand by it.