What the poet says has never been said before, but, once he has said it, his readers recognize its validity for themselves.

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

Water is the soul of the Earth.

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.

We would rather be ruined than changed. We would rather die in our dread than climb the cross of the moment and let our illusions die.

Civilizations should be measured by the degree of diversity attained and the degree of unity retained.

Herds of reindeer move across Miles and miles of golden moss

All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation.

'Healing,' Papa would tell me, 'is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.'

Few people take an interest in Iceland, but in those few the interest is passionate.

No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.

Everything in this world happens with a purpose. You are born in this world with a purpose, you are chosen by purpose.

It always gave me a peculiar feeling to catch a glimpse of my parents' lives before I was born.

Belgium's not a hotpot of international football

Whatever I've got going on, I play music to accompany me.

I found out everybody's different--the same kind of different as me. We're all just regular folks walkin down the road God done set in front of us.

The thing I fear comes upon me

Sometimes, I don't know that words for things, how to write down the feeling of knowing that every dying person leaves something behind.

If I'm talking to a guy who's straight and cute and single, I'm like 'are you a unicorn?'

I don't think we've got a discipline problem. It's the players who are thick who are causing the problems

I did a lot of shopping for her in Tokyo because the colors here are very conservative. A shopaholic would have a coat in every color and lots of accessories