Love & Life Sayings

You know that Jeannin has the peony, Quost has the hollyhock, but I have the sunflower, in a way.

What keeps my heart awake is colorful silence.

Before I was born it was completely paradise… the moment of [being] born is the moment the paradise is lost. Death is the regain of this paradise.

Death dances around my bed at night.

People should fall in love with their eyes closed.

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.

Women hold up half the sky.

We have nothing to fear but fear itself. And a few other things, like the Japanese, the Germans, and the Italians.

I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.

You can be up to your boobies in white satin, with gardenias in your hair and no sugar cane for miles, but you can still be working on a plantation.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

I am not a fan of the telephone. It is a devil's instrument.

Remember, the wind is strongest at the top of the mountain.

The world is not to be conquered by force, but by love and understanding.

We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us through that darkness to a safe and sane future.

Always remember, others may hate you, but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself.

The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music. They should be taught to love it instead.

I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.

The problem in defense is how far you can go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without.