True beauty comes from within and no one can ever change it.

Poetry, above all, is a series of intense moments - its power is not in narrative. I'm not dealing with facts, I'm dealing with emotion.

[Salvation] is a curious process of divine burglary. The first thing to be wrested from one by a God who said 'Thou shalt not steal' is one's good opinion of one's self.

Events will take their course, it is no good of being angry at them; he is happiest who wisely turns them to the best account.

I went off to college planning to major in math or philosophy-- of course, both those ideas are really the same idea.

I had to get really clear about what was meaningful & what wasn't, who I was & who I wasn't & who I wasn't going to be anymore.

Sport taught me how to goal set, it really gave me a voice and identity.

If Congress were to censure, fine or otherwise try to punish a president, it would dramatically alter the balance of power between the branches.

Never ignore a coincidence. Unless you're busy, in which case, always ignore a coincidence.

I dinna trust him," said Slightly Mad Angus. "He reads books an' such.

Sometimes doing nothing is doing something.