When I spoke, I was listened to; and I was at a loss to know how I had so easily acquired the art of commanding attention, and giving the tone to the conversation.

In this watering-place I acted an heroic character, badly studied; and being a novice on such a stage, I forgot my part before a pair of lovely blue eyes.

All possible means were used by the infatuated parents to conclude the bargain; and deception put an end to these usual artifices.

Because it appears to me a hazardous thing to exchange my soul for my shadow.

Of what use were wings to a man fast bound in chains of iron?

In pain a new time is born.

What use would wings be to a man bound in iron fetters? They would only drive him to even greater despair.

A person without a shadow should keep out of the sun, that is the only safe and rational plan.

Hope roves in a future of fame and wealth.

In pain is a new time born.

I am a solitary wave in the dark and desolate sea: and the sparkling glass I drank was drugged with misery.

Laugh it off, Life gets better.

I can tell you this: there will be other girls, other disasters. And there will be nights to come, his life mostly behind him, when he will long to hurt like that again.

I'm a dreamer. I have to dream and reach for the stars, and if I miss a star then I grab a handful of clouds.

You may be wondering why I went from over there to over here. Well, that was choreography.

Fred Saberhagen was alive when born. He means to continue.

There must be some part of Man that is more than his daily round. Some part of him that will use his profit on a matter of no profit.

I think that in any group activity - whether it be business, sports, or family - there has to be leadership or it wont be successful.

Forest deep, silent bells There's a secret no one tells Valley quiet, water still Lynburns watching on the hill Apples red, corn gold Almost everyone grows old

Acquire knowledge and teach it to people.

All men are just accumulations dolls stuffed with sawdust swept up from the trash heaps where all previous dolls had been thrown away.