There is no such thing as a life of passion any more than a continuous earthquake, or an eternal fever. Besides, who would ever shave themselves in such a state?

There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not Man the less, but Nature more.

Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.

When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall; And when Rome falls--the World.

The heart will break, but broken live on.

Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship.

Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life. The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray.

There are four questions of value in life, Don Octavio. What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love.

And gentle winds and waters near, make music to the lonely ear.

There is no instinct like that of the heart.

Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey.

Use that fluff of yours you call a brain.

Oh love! You are like a light bulb in my life.I am in deep darkness without you.

You don’t need to provide answers to question like “why were you born?”. Be committed to what excites you and what excites you will provide the answers!

How can I possibly stop loving you when it's sort of predestined? — Malcom Lowry to Carol Brown, 1926 (age 16)

The good should be grateful to the bad - for providing the world with a basis for comparison.

A Director Makes Only One Movie in His Life. Then He Breaks It Into Pieces and Makes It Again.

Be confident. Be compassionate. Be intelligent. Be humble. Be generous. The universe returns to you what you put out.

Every decision you make ... is a decision about Who You Are.

Ambition is an idol, on whose wings great minds are carried only to extreme; to be sublimely great or to be nothing.

Female, I give you fair warning: you are playing with fire" - Tegan to Elise (Midnight Awakening