Passion should burn hot, or what good is it to anyone?

Clearly,' said Luke, 'something's going on that I don't know about.'Simon looked over at him. 'Sometimes I think that's the motto of my life.

Cassandra Clare

The poet's job is to put into words those feelings we all have that are so deep, so important, and yet so difficult to name, to tell the truth in such a beautiful way, that people cannot live without it.

Jane Kenyon

To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people's views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it's also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do - bad or good.

Barbra Streisand

Religion is run by thought police. 'Obey. Listen. This is what you do. Don't ask questions. Go die for your country.' The spirituality says, 'Okay, you can die for your country, but know what you're doing while you're doing it.'

Tommy Chong

True love makes the thought of death frequent, easy, without terrors; it merely becomes the standard of comparison, the price one would pay for many things.

Henri B. Stendhal

Perfecting is our destiny, but perfection never our lot.

C. J. Weber

Scars are just another kind of memory.

M.L. Stedman

I have noticed that doctors who fail in the practice of medicine have a tendency to seek one another's company and aid in consultation. A doctor who cannot take out your appendix properly will recommend you to a doctor who will be unable to remove your tonsils with success.

Ernest Hemingway

I think prime numbers are like life. They are very logical but you could never work out the rules, even if you spend all your time thinking about them

Mark Haddon

What sort of love is permeated by jealousy? You are jealous because you are unaware that everything you need is inside you.

Peter Deunov

I am not a lesbian and I am not a slut, and somehow I am going to make people believe me.

Vanessa Williams

Our vanity is the constant enemy of our dignity.

Madame Swetchine