This looks like one of those unwelcome social summonses which call upon a man either to be bored or to lie.

A dog reflects the family life. Whoever saw a frisky dog in a gloomy family, or a sad dog in a happy one? Snarling people have snarling dogs, dangerous people have dangerous ones.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.

Where there is no imagination there is no horror.

The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.

It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.

It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.

Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.

I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose.

London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained.

When the impossible has been eliminated, all that remains no matter how improbable is possible.

You see, time is an ocean, not a garden hose. Space is a puff of smoke, a wisp of cloud.

But I now entered on my fifteenth year - a sad epoch in the life of a slave girl. My master began to whisper foul words in my ear. Young as I was, I could not remain ignorant of their import.

What is a truthful life? A life lived with deliberateness, a good, strong life.

Anybody who knows about capitalism knows that bankruptcy is an essential part of capitalism.

Since our greatest need was forgiveness, God sent us a Savior. He became like us, so we could become like Him.

I wanted to throw my glass at the TV.

you will I trust find heaviness may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.

A lot of people, even my parents, thought, "Art school, I don't know. We'll support you but the success rate for artists is really slim."

I wish friends held hands more often, like the children I see on the streets sometimes. I'm not sure why we have to grow up and get embarrassed about it.

I grieve for life's bright promise, just shown and then withdrawn.