When your Daemon is in charge, do not try to think consciously. Drift, wait, and obey.

Beware of overconcern for money, or position, or glory. Someday you will meet a man who cares for none of these things. Then you will know how poor you are.

I keep six honest serving men (they taught me all i knew); Theirs names are What and Why and When And How And Where and Who.

A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition

Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are our own fears.

This is a brief life, but in its brevity it offers us some splendid moments, some meaningful adventures.

If you can keep your wits about you while all others are losing theirs, and blaming you. The world will be yours and everything in it, what's more, you'll be a man, my son.

I am by nature a dealer in words, and words are the most powerful drug known to humanity.

The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool.

There is no sin so great as ignorance. Remember this.

Never look backwards or you'll fall down the stairs.

When you run out of hope, everything is backwards. Your heart wants the opposite of what it needs.

Margaret was not a ready lover, but where she loved she loved passionately, and with no small degree of jealousy.

I owe much to mother. She had an expert's understanding, but also approached art emotionally.

The world changed while I slept, and much to my surprise, no one had consulted me.

Take up your own daily cross; it is the burden best suited for your shoulder, and will prove most effective to make you perfect in every good word and work to the glory of God.

The public is never wrong. When people don’t respond to what you do, they’re telling you something loud and clear. You’re just not listening.

May I examine my mind in all actions and as soon as a negative state occurs, since it endangers myself and others, may I firmly face and avert it.

I think your values are always influenced by your family and your community.

I had forgotten that Jess felt about long words the way that racists feel about black people: She hated them, and wanted to send them back from where they came from.

Grief is nature’s most powerful aphrodisiac.