Thoth, Hermes, the stylus, the palette, the pen, the quill endure, though our books are a floor of smouldering ash under our feet.

In my garden the winds have beaten the ripe lilies; in my garden, the salt has wilted the first flakes of young narcissus.

We are voyagers, discoverers of the not-known, the unrecorded; we have no map; possibly we will reach haven, heaven.

I will be free, no lover's kiss to bind me to earth, no bliss of love to counteract actual bliss.

Dance until the earth dance.

She did not look at the daffodils. They didn't mean anything. She looked at the daffodils. She said, 'Thank you for the daffodils.

One flower may slay the winter and meet death.

You are wind in a stark tree, you are the stark tree unbent, you are a strung bow, you are an arrow.

I could not accept from wisdom what love taught, woman is perfect.

Ah love is bitter and sweet, but which is more sweet the bitterness or the sweetness, none has spoken it.

No poetic phantasy but a biological reality, a fact: I am an entity like bird, insect, plant or sea-plant cell; I live; I am alive.

Wise men are wise yet their actions always seem otherwise to others who always think of the otherwise

veterans and remarkable rookies. International Thriller Writers, Inc. (ITW) cofounder, David

Everybody knows what's going on. Even if they don't watch it they know what's happening.

Dad was the pitching coach, while Mom was the emotional supporter. Her unconditional love was great, and she wanted what was best for me.

I respect the path Cuba chooses to take.

I'm not good at reading reviews and things like that.

There is no such thing as a value trap. There are investing mistakes.

Men value things in three ways: as useful, as pleasant or sources of pleasure, and as excellent, or as intrinsically admirable or honorable.

What is the proper limit for wealth? It is, first, to have what is necessary; and, second, to have what is enough.

The greatest waste … is failure to use the abilities of people…to learn about their frustrations and about the contributions that they are eager to make.