She breathed deeply of the scent of decaying fiction, disintegrating history, and forgotten verse, and she observed for the first time that a room full of books smelled like dessert: a sweet snack made of figs, vanilla, glue, and cleverness.
Make it a point not to be over-fascinating.
Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
Wine and women bring misery.
Tomorrow's life is too late. Live today.
Can the fish love the fisherman? [Lat. , Piscatorem piscis amare potest?]
Believing hear, what you deserve to hear: Your birthday as my own to me is dear. . . But yours gives most; for mine did only lend Me to the world; yours gave to me a friend.
Words are the most powerful thing in the universe. . . Words are containers. They contain faith, or fear, and they produce after their kind.
If you're going to be a sinner, be the best sinner on the block.
I know of no such unquestionable badge and ensign of a sovereign mind as that of tenacity of purpose.
In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a duty, but in Chicago it's a sport.