I'm not for raising taxes on anyone - period.
Brave spirits are a balsam to themselves, There is a nobleness of mind that heals Wounds beyond salves.
Love makes those young whom age doth chill, And whom he finds young, keeps still.
Those who are the hardest for me to love are probably those who need my love the most.
Tell me not of joy: there's none Now my little sparrow's gone; He, just as you, Would toy and woo, He would chirp and flatter me, He would hang the wing awhile, Till at length he saw me smile, Lord! how sullen he would be!
There are two births: the one when light, First strikes the new awakened sense; The other when two souls unite, And we must count our life from thence, When you loved me and I loved you, Then both of us were born anew.
The fool inherits, but the wise must get.
Honesty and wisdom are such a delightful pastime, at another person's expense!
A dream is a scripture, and many scriptures are nothing but dreams.
I like thinking about the fragility of the human flesh and our bodies - our decay and eventual death.
I think my biggest revelation was to write entirely from the heart, and to convey emotion, even when it meant forcing myself to feel uncomfortable in doing so.