Twins are usually hailed with delight, because they swell the power of the family, though in some instances they are put to death.

So is the savage buffalo, especially delighting in dark places, where he can wallow in the mud and slake his thirst without much trouble; and here also we find the wild pig.

The lion is, however, rarely heard - much more seldom seen.

I was afterwards sorry for this, though, if I ever travel again, I shall trust to none but natives, as the climate of Africa is too trying to foreigners.

My first occupation was to map the country.

The equatorial line is, in fact, the centre of atmospheric motion.

Is that all souls are for? For when we die?" "No. They're for living, too.

You weremoon's eye to mepull and grained and mantling' - Praise Song For My Mother by Charlotte Mew

Writers want recognition, audience, some corroboration that all those hours at the desk and in daydreams add up to something in the esteem of others.

Especially in music, you wonder, Okay, should I still be doing this? Like, are you overstaying your welcome at the party? But I don't know.

We do not want to merely “see” beauty. We want to be united with it, to receive it into ourselves, to become part of it.

I have to hope that my instincts will do the right thing, because I can't erase what I have done. And if I drew something first, then my paintings would be illustrations of drawings.

A man can be destroyed, but he can't be defeated.

The fact is that there is nothing wrong with most of us that a good, clean change of attitude and some new skills wouldn't fix.

We in Russia have always considered Russians and Ukrainians to be one people. I still think so.

Obviously, there is little you can learn from doing nothing.