There is no shame in not knowing something. The shame is in not being willing to learn.

We are all mistaken sometimes; sometimes we do wrong things, things that have bad consequences. But it does not mean we are evil, or that we cannot be trusted ever afterward.

While the heart beats, hope lingers.

And all meet in singing, which braids together the different knowings into a wide and subtle music, the music of living.

Joy bubbles on a fountain of doubt.

Your future is uncertain, and I can tell you nothing that can help you. You are singular and dangerous, and so it is that you are sought by both the Dark and the Light.

Not even I can see all ends, but I have been in this world long enough to know that a choice is not choice and breeds slow ills, even were it done for the highest reasons.

The only good thing about being frightened half to death, she thought, is that it makes me forget all about being seasick.

I shall never complain of the tedium of the city again.

Elednor,' he said, 'Elednor, why have you betrayed me? Come back to me. Come back to were you belong. I alone need you.

Light blooms the brighter in the darkest places.

You cannot do what's important now for you if your mind cannot accept what is happening in this present moment.

If love becomes too painful, then it's time to let that love go and save yourself. You have to keep this in mind because you'll be able to find another love but not another self.

The more grateful you are, the more your life overflow with abundance.

Good necessitates evil and the two sides of that disk are not always clearly marked.

The modern period adds social ethics to religions agenda, for we now realize that social structures are not like laws of nature. They are human creations, so we are responsible for them.

CLARE: The library is cool and smells like carpet cleaner, although all I can see is marble.

I can’t stop traffic on Fifth Avenue, not unless I walk in front of an oncoming cab.

It is a good thing to demand liberty for ourselves and for those who agree with us, but it is a better thing and a rarer thing to give liberty to others who do not agree with us.

F. Scott Fitzgerald is the first of the last generation.

Everyone needs a little Edward in their life