...the problem with words is that once spoken, they cannot find their way back to the speaker alone.

Never trust a man who reads only one book.

She loves you, loathes you, treats you well, then ill. Like a leech or a surgeon's knife, she's double-edged: sometimes she'll cure, but sometimes she will kill.

Actually loneliness has a kind of fascination; it's a state of egotistical, inner grace that you can achieve only by standing guard on old, forgotten roads that no one travels anymore.

Centuries of make-up that can be smudged by emotion have taught women to control their feelings.

What about the future?" "We'll talk about the future when it gets here.

Everyone gets the devil he deserves.

You don't choose your friends, they choose you, and you either reject them or you accept them without reservations.

Becoming a book collector is like joining a religion: it’s for life.

Chess is all about getting the king into check, you see. It's about killing the father. I would say that chess has more to do with the art of murder than it does with the art of war.

I once wrestled with an angel. He won, but I learned a few things.

A flower must bloom inside first before revealing its beauty to the world.

Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go.

How can any person justify an aesthetic that reduces a woman or child to an emaciated skeleton? Is it art? Surely fashion's aesthetic should enhance and beautify the human form, not destroy it.

Nothing is more perplexing to a man than the mental process of a woman who reasons her emotions.

every question possessed a power that was lost in the answer . . .

Always count your blessings. Be thankful you are able to be out on a beautiful course. Most people in the world don't have that opportunity.

God is in control, and therefore in EVERYTHING I can give thanks - not because of the situation but because of the One who directs and rules over it.

One thing I learned from meteorology is that being an actual science was no guarantee of exactness.

I've started to kind of hate people, and it's not because I have anything against them. It's just, I enjoy it. It's recreation.

Though those that are betray'd Do feel the treason sharply, yet the traitor stands in worse case of woe