To Death I yield, but not to Doubt, who slays before!

I gave thee what could not be heard What had not been given before The beat of my heart I gave !

The god of music dwelleth out of doors.

I follow my law and fulfil it all duly and look! when your doubt runneth high North points to the needle!

Treasure the shadow. ... There are no shadows save from substance cast.

Who turns away from gazing at the sun Sees its dusk images fill all the air. It is not otherwise when Hope is done: Her darkling phantoms make the heaven of Despair.

The spirit of the year, like bacchant crowned, With lighted torch goes careless on his way; And soon bursts into flame the maple's spray, And vines are running fire along the ground.

To Death I yield but not to Doubt who slays before!

What mighty battles have I seen and heard waged between the trees and the west wind - an Iliad fought in the fields of air.

To broaden your thinking, you have to expand the scope of your mind and imagination

I don't really spend money like crazy. I buy what I need and what I really want, and if I'm buying expensive things I do think about the purchase many times before I buy it.

Every kiss is a kiss you can never get back.

Here at home, for goodness's sakes, we have to finally pass a law prohibiting people on the terrorist watch list from being able to buy a gun in the United States of America.

I never wanted to be on any billionaires list. I never define myself by net worth. I always try to define myself by my values.

You are the love of my life, and I'm so glad you found me.

Poetry and prose are of equal importance to me as a reader, and there doesn't seem to be much difference in my own writing.

The first draft is just a skeleton-just bare bones. It's like the very first rehearsal of a play, where the director moves the actors around mechanically to get a feel of the action.

The competitive nation-state system, with all its capacity for good and evil, is spreading in the Third World and is transforming that world.

In politics, as in fishing, you don't have to be a genius. You just have to be smarter than the fish.