the sea is a collector, quick to return a rapacious look.

As for butterflies, I can hardly conceive of one's attending upon you; but to question the congruence of the complement is vain, if it exists.

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.

Your thorns are the best part of you.

Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others.

Originality is... a by-product of sincerity.

Camels are snobbish and sheep, unintelligent; water buffaloes, neurasthenic-- even murderous. Reindeer seem over-serious.

Omissions are not accidents.

The hands are the heart's messengers.

The passion for setting people right is in itself an afflictive disease.

When one cannot appraise out of one's own experience, the temptation to blunder is minimized, but even when one can, appraisal seems chiefly useful as appraisal of the appraiser.

To really appreciate architecture, you may even need to commit a murder.

Everyone calls me Bruno; they don't ever call me Peter - that was just my government name.

The next time you feel slightly uncomfortable with the pressure in your life, remember no pressure, no diamonds. Pressure is a part of success.

Most people suffer in love because of attachment. Attachment means we're interested in a net return on our investment.

Humanity is cutting down its forests, apparently oblivious to the fact that we may not be able to live without them.

I'm adopted, so I didn't know my father, but apparently he was pretty tall.

You are the devil to talk to, Rachel," he said curtly. "Will you shut up and listen?

I find the evidence for the deity of Jesus and the reliability of the Bible to be powerful and persuasive, and that evidence has only gotten stronger over the years.

You don't need to be a scientist to know Earth's age or that life evolved. You just need be one who embraces objective truths

The Democrats' response throughout the healthcare debate? Give the people more statistics.