They are much to be pitied who have not been given a taste for nature early in life.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

My heart is, and always will be, yours.

It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder.

Our scars make us know that our past was for real

None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance.

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken.

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

The sum of our greatness lies not in asking“what do I want to do?” but rather “who do I want to be?

Lovers and warriors are not bound by the rules of fair play.

There are many days when all the awful things that happen make you sick at heart, when the path before you is so steep you can’t bear to look. Not even love can rescue a person from that.

In fact if I see you drinking I'll come down on you like a ton of bricks and call your mom.

Young man, if that bat comes down, you're out of the game

We have an opportunity to get better.

The one place I've seen something really come together is in editing. Sometimes you can save pieces in a way that you're really shocked.

It was the forty-fathom slumber that clears the soul and eye and heart, and sends you to breakfast ravening.

Of course I should love to throw a toothbrush into a bag, and just go, quite vaguely, without any plans or even a real destination. It is the Wanderlust.

My music is also one part of my inner process, and people also seem to connect with me on that - especially the ones who have the same questions for their own lives.