but curiosity is a restless and scrupulous passion, and no one girl can endure, with patience, that hers should be baffled by another.

Nevertheless, life and death are mysterious states, and we know little of the resources of either.

I remember everything about it—with an effort. I see it all, as divers see what is going on above them, through a medium, dense, rippling, but transparent.

But to die as lovers may - to die together, so that they may live together.

If your dear heart is wounded, my wild heart bleeds with yours.

The precautions of nervous people re infectious, and persons of a like temperament are pretty sure, after a time, to imitate them.

But curiosity is a restless and unscrupulous passion, and no one girl can endure, with patience, that hers should be baffled by another.

You are mine, you shall be mine, you and I are one for ever.

You are the only problem you will ever have and you are the only solution. Change is inevitable, personal growth is always a personal decision.

There are two kinds of 'disabled' persons: Those who dwell on what they have lost and those who concentrate on what they have left.

I wish I felt as calm as I look

What underlies great science is what underlies great art, whether it is visual or written, and that is the ability to distinguish patterns out of chaos.

In the U.S., we believe the best way to improve lives is to improve public education.

Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the person involved.

What is ultimately motivating the character?

I have this theory, bands with enigmatic lyrics attract crazies.

All which is not prose is verse; and all which is not verse is prose.

If you own the only newspaper in town, up until the last five years or so, you have pricing power and you didn't have to go to the office.