“TheEarth would dieIf the sun stopped kissing her.”

“Whatis the root of all these words?One thing: Love.But a love so deep and sweet it needed to express itself with scents, sounds, colors that never before existed.”

“Your loveShould never be offered to the mouth of aStranger,Only to someoneWho has the valor and daringTo cut pieces of their soul off with a knifeThen weave them into a blanketTo protect you.”

“It happens all the time in heaven,And some dayIt will begin to happenAgain on earth -That men and women who are married,And men and men who areLovers,And women and womenWho give each otherLight,Often will get down on their kneesAnd while so tenderlyHolding their lover's hand,With tears in their eyes,Will sincerely speak, saying,My dear,How can I be more loving to you;How can I be more kind?”

“There isA madman inside of youWho is always running for office”

“Foul words is but foul wind, and foul wind is but foul breath, and foul breath is noisome; therefore I will depart unkissed.”

“Tongues I'll hang on every treeThat shall civil sayings show. . . .”

“Talking isn't doing. It is a kind of good deed to say well; and yet words are not deeds.”

“Into what dangers would you lead me, Cassius, That you would have me seek into myself For that which is not in me?”

“Haply a woman's voice may do some goodWhen articles too nicely urged be stood on.”

“The tartness of his face sours ripe grapes.”

“Beware of what you want-for you will get it.”

“A vivid thought brings the power to paint it; and in proportion to the depth of its source is the force of its projection.”

“Power is what they want, not candy-power to execute their design, power to give legs and feet, form and actuality to their thought; which, to a clear-sighted man, appears the end for which the universe exists, and all its resources might be well applied.”

“Men have died from time to time, and worms have eaten them, but not for love.”

“Present fears are less than horrible imaginings.”

“The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.”

“Our statute is a currency which we stamp with our own portrait.”

“Build, therefore, your own world. As fast as you conform your life to the pure idea in your mind, that will unfold it's great proportions.”

“Everything you do is based on the choices you make. It's not your parents, your past relationships, your job, the economy, the weather, an argument or your age that is to blame. You and only you are responsible for every decision and choice you make. Period.”