“So all night long the storm roared on:The morning broke without a sun;In tiny spherule traced with linesOf Natures geometric signs,In starry flake, and pellicle,All day the hoary meteor fell;And, w...”

“the joy that you give to others is the joy that comes back to you”

“When faith is lost, when honor dies, the man is dead.”

“Before me, even as behind, God is, and all is well.”

“For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'.”

“Peace hath higher tests of manhood, than battle ever knew.”

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”

“If I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and t...”

“I'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving our behavior toward one another. As basic as that is, for me it's also tonic and ...”

“All words are pegs to hang ideas on.”

“A word is not the same with one writer as it is with another. One tears it from his guts. The other pulls it out of his overcoat pocket.”

“No doubt I shall go on writing, stumbling across tundras of unmeaning, planting words like bloody flags in my wake....”