Eastward I go only by force; but westward I go free.

Every day the fat woman dies a series of small deaths.

Shelley Bovey

Lovers may be -- and indeed generally are -- enemies, but they never can be friends, because there must always be a spice of jealousy and a something of Self in all their speculations.

Lord (George Gordon) Byron

The world is filled with folly and sin, And Love must cling, where it can, I say: For Beauty is easy enough to win; But one isn't loved every day

Owen Meredith

The philosopher proves that the philosopher exists. The poet merely enjoys existence.

Wallace Stevens

'Tis the last rose of summer Left blooming alone All her lovely companions Are faded and gone.

Thomas More

When the sun rises, do you not see a round disc of fire somewhat like a guinea? O no, no, I see an innumerable company of the heavenly host crying Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty.

William Blake

Love is agrowing, to full constant light; and his first minute, after noon, is night.

Donne, John

Don't call my lyrics poetry. It's an insult to real poets.

Bernie Taupin

In my books, I never portray violence as a reasonable solution to a problem. If the lead characters in the story are driven to it, it's at the extreme end of their experience.

Dean Koontz

Why should I allow that same God to tell me how to raise my kids, who had to drown His own?

Bertrand Russell

I would love to not date someone in the same industry as me. Otherwise it becomes what it means to everyone else.

Emma Watson

There are two days in my calendar: This day and that Day.

Martin Luther King Jr.