At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction.

An ignorance of means may minister to greatness, but an ignorance of aims make it impossible to be great at all.

Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God: But only he who sees takes off his shoes.

Who so loves believes the impossible.

All my life, I've been the rebel in the X-wing fighter, and then one morning, I woke up, and I was on board the Death Star.

My teacher was still practicing Bach until his death at 89. I have no doubt that if I live that long, I'll be doing the same thing.

We are surely the primary agent of death for all members of the cat tribe. For many if not most cat species, our depredations must surpass accidents, disease, and even starvation by a considerable margin.

I pored over art books and absorbed the placidness of Monet's garden, the sparkling color of the Impressionists, the strength and solidity of Michelangelo's figures showing the titanic power of humans at one with God, Jan Vermeer's serene Dutch women bathed in gorgeous honey-colored light... My conviction grew that art was stronger than death.