"Ode to a Wastepaper Basket I love the way you sit in the corner,gracious like a lover,catching my every crumpled vanity."
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"Love means never having to say you’re sorry for a minor stab wound."
"Let me feel how thy pulses beat."
"So be sure when you step, Step with care and great tact. And remember that life's A Great Balancing Act. And will you succeed? Yes! You will, indeed! (98 and ¾ percent guaranteed) Kid, you'll move mountains."
"Most doctors are prisoners of their education and shackled by their profession."
"Welcome to Hartford. The poorest city in the wealthiest state in the richest country on earth."
"Just start the sentence...and see what happens. This is how we write."
"Some seek and find peace in life; some have to wait for peace in the afterlife."
"A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor, for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself."
"Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into friend."
"To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float."
"I think imagination is at the heart of everything we do. Scientific discoveries couldn't have happened without imagination. Art, music, and literature couldn't exist without imagination. And so anything that strengthens imagination, and reading certainly does that, can help us for the rest of our lives."
"I am the captain of my soul."
"I don't think I ever expected anything like an Oscar ever, to tell you the truth. That is not my motivation when I do these roles. I really am motivated by being able to work with great people and create a body of work that I can look back and be proud of."
"I seemed to hear God saying, "Put down your gun and we'll talk."
"I, while the gods laugh, the world's vortex am;Maelström of passions in that hidden seaWhose waves of all-time lap the coasts of me;And in small compass the dark waters cram.- I, While the Gods Laugh, the World's Vortex Am"
"It’s not over if you’re still here,” Chronicler said. “It’s not a tragedy if you’re still alive."
"The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake."
"There will be another sky, my love, just you wait"
"Intent without dedicated action is simply not enough. Action without a clear intent is a waste. It is when these two powerful forces are aligned that the energy of the universe conspires in your favor."
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