Through all the drama - whether damned or not - Love gilds the scene, and women guide the plot.

He is the very pineapple of politeness.

A circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge.

When of a gossiping circle it was asked, "What are they doing?" The answer was, "Swapping lies.

An aspersion upon my parts of speech!

Won't you come into the garden? I would like my roses to see you.

A bumper of good liquor Will end a contest quicker Than justice, judge or vicar.

An unforgiving eye, and a damned disinheriting countenance!

Fertilizer does no good in a heap, but a little spread around works miracles all over.

Never say more than is necessary.

The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed.

I am forever engaged in a silent battle in my head over whether or not to lift the fork to my mouth, and when I talk myself into doing so, I taste only shame. I have an eating disorder.

Knowledge has a materiality, not unlike the materiality of a ladder, that can be used to gain access to places and worlds that were previously unimaginable.

Sometimes by failing we find a better opportunity to win.

I've always done everything at my disposal to avoid labeling what I do, or to avoid being labeled myself

Can you be compassionate even to those who have no compassion? If so, there is no finer karma that you can create.

Leaves like rusty tin for the desolate mind that has seen the end- the barest glimmerings. Leaves aswirl with gulls made wild by winter.

We don't have time to argue. Nobody has time.

We have fun acting like this, acting like we are incredibly offended. Really, we are just bored to tears with everything.

Let the world know your dreams, my friend; realise them!

Any time you die in a film, it's not real, so it's all kind of fun.