Who can mistake great thoughts? They seize upon the mind; arrest and search, And shake it; bow the tall soul as by wind; Rush over it like a river reeds.

The death-bed of a day, how beautiful!

What are ye orbs? The words of God? the Scriptures of the skies?

There is no surer mark of the absence of the highest moral and intellectual qualities than a cold reception of excellence.

For ivy climbs the crumbling hall To decorate decay.

Respect is what we owe; love, what we give.

Surely the stars are images of love.

Art is a man's nature; nature is God's art.

Man is a military animal, glories in gunpowder, and loves parade.

Death, thou art infinite; it is life is little.

Let each man think himself an act of God, His mind a thought, his life a breath of God; And let each try, by great thoughts and good deeds, To show the most of Heaven he hath in him.

I'll just have them change the entry in the demonology textbook from 'almost extinct' to 'not extinct enough for Alec. He prefers his monsters really, really extinct.' Will that make you happy?

See? This is why I'm not religious. I couldn't possibly keep my mouth shut long enough to get along with everyone else.

Losing your job releases you from the control of the world system

A Man can Choose what he wants to be. A Gentleman doesn't have a Choice.

Every bird that flies has the thread of the infinite in its claw.

Art has to change things, and if it was immediately acceptable it would not be doing the job.

Because we can't communicate, there's a lot of misunderstanding.

My first love will always be movies.

With fiction, the works of women are often over-interpreted as autobiography, especially when the main character is a woman, especially if she is seen as privileged.

I've stolen a couple of hearts and they are in my private collection!