“We should forgive our enemies, but not before they are hanged”

“Where words leave off, music begins.”

“With his night-cap and his night-shirt tatters,He botches up the loop-holes in the structure of the world.”

“The music at a wedding procession always reminds me of the music of soldiers going into battle.”

“Where they burn books, at the end they also burn people”

“Lieb Liebchen, leg s Hndchen aufs Herze mein; -Ach, hrst du, wies pochet im Kmmerlein,Da hauset ein Zimmermann schlimm und arg,Der zimmert mir einen Totensarg.Es hmmert und klopfet bei Tag und bei ...”

“A true philosopher must never give up.”

“...these sleepless nights, when oddly enough my concentration was high, fueled perhaps by the effort to ignore the all-engrossing threat of bombs and rockets.”

“Never, never, never give in!”

“Im not a woman you bring home to Mother, pick out china patterns with, or Mary forefend, breed. Ive seen a chunk of the universe, true, but theres still so much more to see. I doubt Ill ever cure t...”

“My hope, my heaven, my trust must be,My gentle guide, in following thee.”

“Amory took to writing poetry on spring afternoons, in the gardens of the big estates near Princeton, while swans made effective atmosphere in the artificial pools, and slow clouds sailed harmonious...”