Why live? Life was its own answer. Life was the propagation of more life and the living of as good a life as possible.

I'm being ironic. Don't interrupt a man in the midst of being ironic, it's not polite. There!

I'm numb and I'm tired. Too much has happened today. I feel as if I'd been out in a pounding rain for forty-eight hours without an umbrella or a coat. I'm soaked to the skin with emotion.

Sleeping beauty awoke at the kiss of a scientist and expired at the fatal puncture of his syringe.

Men are men, unfortunately, no matter what their shape, and inclined to sin.

Raw, gentle, and easy, it mizzled out of the high air, a special elixir, tasting of spells and stars and air, carrying a peppery dust in it, and moving like a rare light sherry on his tongue. Rain.

You're insane!""I won't argue that point.

Perfect, faultless, in ruins, yes, but perfect, nevertheless.

Pursue what catches your heart, not what catches your eyes.

Deriving truth from joy may be far more easier than generating joy from the truth.

The office of the public teacher is an unenviable and thankless one.

Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.

One thing the young Christian should be taught as quickly as possible after his conversion is that Jesus Christ is all he needs.

Letting go. Everyone talks about it like it's the easiest thing. Unfurl your fingers one by one until your hand is open.

Young ladies should take care of themselves. Young ladies are delicate plants. They should take care of their health and their complexion. My dear, did you change your stockings?

Use your CRM to retain customers.

Of course, in order to make art, the frustration of not working has to be greater than the frustration of working.

I am sad, like the hot dust on the streets And the music of fresh fallen leaves Caught in a sliding summer breeze.