There never was a war that was not inward; I must fight till I have conquered in myself what causes war.

As for butterflies, I can hardly conceive of one's attending upon you; but to question the congruence of the complement is vain, if it exists.

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.

Your thorns are the best part of you.

Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others.

Originality is... a by-product of sincerity.

Camels are snobbish and sheep, unintelligent; water buffaloes, neurasthenic-- even murderous. Reindeer seem over-serious.

Omissions are not accidents.

The hands are the heart's messengers.

The passion for setting people right is in itself an afflictive disease.

When one cannot appraise out of one's own experience, the temptation to blunder is minimized, but even when one can, appraisal seems chiefly useful as appraisal of the appraiser.

Still, it's tough trying to combine my acting career with my college career.

Tour is disgusting, actually, I have no idea how people do it. Your brain would go to rot, unless you really, really worked hard at making sure it didn't.

Of course I planned to write the Great American Novel; that lasted about a week, at which point I decided I had nothing to say that could possibly qualify. So I wrote a romance instead.

There is no greater violence than to deny the dreams of our children.

A cat is better than you are, more honest, more graceful, smarter for her size, better coordinated, and infinitely more beautiful.

Do I pray that the Lord gives me the desire to do his will, or do I look for compromises because I'm afraid of God's will?

The more serious you are about spiritual life, the more you keep your mind in captivity.

Emotions. Swelling waves that we are so often powerless to navigate. Is there some meaning to them? Of course, you just have to learn how to properly manage them.

After all, how many ways can one heart be mangled and still be expected to keep beating?

If you are what you do, then when you don't, you aren't.