You are not what you want

I am in revolt against the age-old lie that the majority is always right.

If a mark of affection can sometimes be taken for an insult, perhaps the gesture of love is not universal: it too must be translated from one language to another, must be learned.

To find the courage to do what I want to do for myself has been hard.

There is compensation in all things.

My shoe is off. My foot is cold. I have a bird I like to hold.

All in all, I wouldn't call it a bad outing. It was a short outing.

It takes the best part of a lifetime to find out what you don't want.

Classical music has been based on works people love and come back to for aural comfort.

If a man continually blusters, if he lacks civility, a big stick will not save him from trouble, and neither will speaking softly avail, if back of the softness there does not lie strength, power.

To announce truths is an infallible receipt for being persecuted.