There never was a war that was not inward.

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.

More and more I had come to see the Capped as lacking what seemed to me the essence of humanity, the vital spark of defiance against the rulers of the world.

Refusal to accept the truth is denial of divine self.

Every symbol, word, concept, discipline and field is only a temporary rest stop on the highway of discovery.

How do you like that, Corbray? You're upstaging yourself.

My doctor gave me six months to live but when I couldn't pay the bill he gave me six months more.

The well-being and welfare of children should always be our focus.

Invaluable....the best one-stop source I've seen for what various officials actually said at various times, suffused with intelligent analysis.

No matter who you meet in life, you take something from them, positive or negative.

It doesn't help to wait until something happens and then prosecute the offenders, especially if it's the idea of the offender to extinguish himself in the commission of the crime.

Let no one ever think for a moment that national debate means national division.