Speaking of August Rodin: He raised his world above us in an immense arc, and made it a part of nature.
A man is what he is and no fancy lodgings or fine clothes will change that (Daniel Brennan)
You can never know too much about writing. If you think you know everything, you're not leaving yourself open to learn. . . . The best writers are always learning, exploring, and trying to improve.
I can promise that even having an imperfect one who loves you is better than having none at all.
Love is taking chances when every rational part of you screams, ‘Don’t risk it. ’ Because it’s only when your heart has been ripped open that you get a chance to find the one person capable of making it whole.
No disease is more dangerous than a bad husband, for if a woman catches that Pox, she'll languish from it her entire life.
He stared past her to the place at the other end of the dining table where Regina would sit as his wife. If she were here. If he hadn’t driven her away. “I’m not sure I know how to love, Louisa. ” She took his hand. “Don’t be silly. Loving is easy. It’s finding someone to love you back that’s hard.
Legislators could certainly do with a school of morals.
Donald Trump he wanted casino gambling in Florida. Yes, you did.
Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the oftener and more steadily we reflect on them: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me.
Awareness, beholding the mind, is the most essential method to have a breakthrough. And once you have gone just a step beyond the mind, you have entered the world of nirvana, you have entered the world of light and eternal life. You have attained to spiritual integrity, freedom, and tremendous ecstasy which the mind cannot even dream about.