To the sun Rome owes its underlying glow, and its air called golden - to me, more the yellow of white wine; like wine it raises agreeability to poetry.

One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it.

Silences have a climax, when you have got to speak.

When you love someone all your saved up wishes start coming out.

Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.

Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.

We are minor in everything but our passions.

Pity the selfishness of lovers: it is brief, a forlorn hope; it is impossible.

Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.

It is not helpful to help a friend by putting coins in his pockets when he has got holes in his pockets.

Disappointment tears the bearable film off life.

...God created the world in six days. On the seventh day, he rested. On the eighth day, he started getting complaints. And it hasn't stopped since.

Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men.

A flower is a gift of love from the universe given to you. So cherish it, enjoy it with a full blissful heart.

Never had Parliament or the crown, or both together, operated in actuality as theory indicated sovereign powers should.

It's not what you take but what you leave behind that defines greatness.

I pour into the world the eternal streams Wan prophets tent beside, and dream their dreams.

People have two sides, and a person first becomes appealing when you discover both of those sides - and worlds work exactly the same way.

When I was very young I never thought I was attractive, because I was a tomboy and I was always the biggest girl in the class.

The day I stopped worrying about stats is the day I started winning

Always walking along despite the dangers and adversities, despite the injustices and horrors, trusting in God so as not to despair of men and events.