Too much beauty, I reckon, is nothing but too much sun.

I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach.

Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God: But only he who sees takes off his shoes.

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

You're something between a dream and a miracle.

Light tomorrow with today!

You were made perfectly to be loved - and surely I have loved you, in the idea of you, my whole life long.

Silence is the best response to a fool.

I love you for the part of me that you bring out.

Why, what is to live? Not to eat and drink and breathe,—but to feel the life in you down all the fibres of being, passionately and joyfully.

...and gentle happy and peaceful, tasting the mean goodness of their living like the last of their suppers in their mouths.

Oh how I had underestimated tender kisses.

To think well of every other man's condition and to dislike our own is one of the misfortunes of human nature.

Stand up and take your dissonance like a man.

I believe it's time to put our best ideas on the table and work toward a bipartisan solution, with the single goal of leaving the Social Security system stronger than we found it.

I'm against this huge globalisation on the basis of economic advantage.

Music films are great, but they can never compete with a live performance. Live music is what it is. It's the whole point. You experience it in the moment.

New York is my favorite city in the world.

I quickly realized that Patti [Smith] was somebody very special.

Character design, like story design, requires a hook to grab the reader’s attention.