To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and travel in his company.

He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.

The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.

One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.

Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.

I wished for nothing beyond her smile, and to walk with her thus, hand in hand, along a sun warmed, flower bordered path.

Know that joy is rarer, more difficult, and more beautiful than sadness. Once you make this all-important discovery, you must embrace joy as a moral obligation.

Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.

Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.

I do not love men: I love what devours them.

God depends on us. It is through us that God is achieved.

one idiot can shut 1000 wise men mouths, where as 1000 wise will fail to open the eyes of an idiot.

When I look at you, you know what I see?"I met her gaze, finding it suddenly hard to breathe."I see the guy who saw me when no one else did, " she said. "That's what matters to me. That's who you are.

One reason we never tame the busy this beast is that we are unwilling to kill anything.

He says he’s lonely, horribly lonely because of this love he feels for her. She says she’s lonely too. She doesn’t say why.

Having grown up far, far away in a small country town in Australia, I was only slightly aware of hip-hop.

A good dancer is an educated one, so dont abandon school.

Thought is a process of exaggeration. The refusal to exaggerate is not infrequently an alibi for the disinclination to think or praise.

To me, the model of success is not linear. Success is completing the full circle of yourself.

Smile...it makes people wonder what you're up to.

I'm not homophobic. I'm not scared of my house.