The atmosphere of orthodoxy is always damaging to prose, and above all it is completely ruinous to the novel, the most anarchical of all forms of literature.

And having wisdom with each studious year, in meditation dwelt, with learning wrought, and shaped his weapon with an edge severe, sapping a solemn creed with solemn sneer.

Lord (George Gordon) Byron

A person usually has two reasons for doing something: a good reason and the real reason.

Thomas Carlyle

The best route is to stay humble and stay true to yourself.

Rich the Kid

Everything in life that we really accept undergoes a change. So suffering must become Love. That is the mystery.

Katherine Mansfield

I base my calculations on the expectation that luck will be against me

Napoleon Bonaparte

There's no question that a great teacher can make a huge difference in a student's achievement, and we need to recruit, train and reward more such teachers. But here's what some new studies are also showing: We need better parents. Parents more focused on their children's education can also make a huge difference in a student's achievement.

Thomas Friedman

Success is about enjoying what you have and where you are, while pursuing achievable goals.

Bo Bennett

Death, the final, triumphant lover.

Bela Lugosi

Hollywood is a place that attracts people with massive holes in their souls.

Julia Phillips

When I was a boy I used to do what my father wanted. Now I have to do what my boy wants. My problem is: When am I going to do what I want?

Samuel Levenson

What has once happened, will invariably happen again, when the same circumstances which combined to produce it, shall again combine in the same way.

Abraham Lincoln

Much misconstruction and bitterness are spared to him who thinks naturally upon what he owes to others rather than what he ought to expect from them.

Madame Guizot