When my family all got together, I'd always get up and entertain everyone, but it was all a bit of a joke. My first real memory of singing for people was when I was about eleven or 12.

My only feeling about superstition is that it's unlucky to be behind at the end of the game.

The difference between good and great is just a little extra effort.

I like to use simple words, but in a complicated way.

I did as much research as I could and I took ownership of this illness, because if you don't take care of your body, where are you going to live?

We all have to rise in the end, not just one or two who were smart enough, had will enough for their own salvation, but all the halt, the maimed and the blind of us which is most of us.

The pain of love is the pain of being alive. It is a perpetual wound.

Poets deal in writing about feelings and trying to find the language and images for intense feelings.

For me, poetry is the music of being human. And also a time machine by which we can travel to who we are and to who we will become.

Concealing an illness is like keeping a beach ball under water.

You can find poetry in your everyday life, your memory, in what people say on the bus, in the news, or just what's in your heart.

Some of us will experience some form of mental illness in their lifetime... I rather have depression that can be treated with a pill and my free will to conquer it

I love you like the plant that does not bloomand carries in itself, hidden, the light of those flowers,

Thank you, darling, for learning to play chess. It is an absolute necessity for any well organized family. (in a letter to his wife)

You cannot expect stone to be as pliable as clay.

Sorry, I've had enough of running away, Sophie. Now I've got something I want to protect. It's you.

I saw in a dream a table where all the elements fell into place as required. Awakening, I immediately wrote it down on a piece of paper.

No adulation; 'tis the death of virtue; Who flatters, is of all mankind the lowest Save he who courts the flattery.

Promise to wear a cheerful appearance at all times and give every person you meet a smile.

Most traditional ghost stories feature rather hapless protagonists, who have nasty things happen to them.

Sacrifice and neon lights, Slaveships don't wait, Love many, trust few, And don't be late...