To my eye Rubens' colouring is most contemptible. His shadows are a filthy brown somewhat the colour of excrement.
I may not be perfect, but parts of me are excellent
I've learned so much from my failures that I'm thinking of having some more.
The best thing about being too late is that there's no more need to hurry.
Be kind to unkind people. They need it the most.
I'll give up my bad habits as soon as equally satisfying good habits become available.
My social life is much better, since I stopped spending it with other people.
The real voice is stiller and smaller and seems to know, without confusion, the difference between right and wrong and the subtle delineation between the beautiful and profane. It's not an agitated voice, but ever patient as though it approves a million false starts. The voice I am talking about is a deep water of calming wisdom.
Concentrate on comfort - even if that means wearing the same thing over and over, because when I feel comfortable, I feel so much more relaxed and have a much better time.
O Death the Healer, scorn thou not, I pray, To come to me: of cureless ills thou art The one physician. Pain lays not its touch Upon a corpse.
When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade, without further introduction.