Stars which stand as thick as dewdrops on the field of heaven.
Because music is a language unto itself, when I'm writing, I need silence. I need to hear the music and the rhythms of the words inside my thoughts.
What thrills me about trains is not their size or their equipment but the fact that they are moving, that they embody a connection between unseen places.
You think you know someone by looking at his face but what can one face say about the thousand thoughts behind those eyes.
I don't remember being a child, and that's why I think I'm so child-like now in my unending curiosity and approach to life.
I think what you can’t see is always what you should be frightened of.
I take the world very personally. I take history personally; I want to place myself in the larger context.
that you seemed almost as fearful of notice and praise as other women were of neglect. (Edmund to Fanny)
The ambitious will always be first in the crowd; he presseth forward, he looketh not behind him. More anguish is it to his mind to see one before him, than joy to leave thousands at a distance
In the coming era of manned space exploration by the private sector, market forces will spur development and yield new, low-cost space technologies. If the history of private aviation is any guide, private development efforts will be safer, too.
The only thing that will be remembered about my enemies after they're dead is the nasty things I've said about them.