though fortune's wheel is generally on the turn, sometimes when it gets into the mud, it sticks there.

Imagination is to love what gas is to the balloon-that which raises it from earth.

I think hearts are very much like glasses. If they do not break with the first ring, they usually last a considerable time.

Ah, tell me not that memory sheds gladness o'er the past, what is recalled by faded flowers, save that they did not last?

Social life is filled with doubts and vain aspirings; solitude, when the imagination is dethroned, is turned to weariness and ennui.

The heart's hushed secret in the soft dark eye.

Ah, tell me not that memory Sheds gladness o'er the past; What is recalled by faded flowers, Save that they did not last? Were it not better to forget, Than but remember and regret?

In sad truth, half our forebodings of our neighbors are but our own wishes, which we are ashamed to utter in any other form.

An apt quotation is like a lamp which flings its light over the whole sentence.

there is nothing so easy as to be wise for others; a species of prodigality, by-the-by - for such wisdom is wholly wasted.

Strange mystery of our nature, that those in whom genius develops itself in imagination, thus taking its most ethereal form, should yet be the most dependent on the opinions of others!

Having high resilience does not mean it doesn't sometimes sting.

The men who abandon themselves to the passions of this miserable life, are compared in Scripture to beasts.

I paint abstract expressions.

Well, you know, once again, Donald [Trump] is implying that he didn't support the invasion of Iraq. I said it was a mistake.

Happiness is such a fleeting point of view - there's no such thing as continual happiness.

I have an iPad and I watch three things: 'The Daily Show,' '60 Minutes,' and 'Meet the Press.'

In city rooms and in the bars where newspeople drink, you can find out what's going on. You can't find it in the papers.

I'm not a person who can scream and shout so this is my only outlet. It's all done very logically.

I struck my match, she poured out her gasoline. We burn now. All the time.

The best-looking girls don't do anything, they just sort of know they're beautiful, especially in jeans and a hoodie.