See things as they are and write about them. Don?t waste your creative energy trying to make things up. Even if you are writing fiction, write the things you see and know.
The scornful nostril and the high head gather not the odors that lie on the track of truth.
I cried out and my own voice was muffled by the hood.
Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards.
He who is not very strong in memory should not meddle with lying.
Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster. Your life will never be the same again.
Misquotations are the only quotations that are never misquoted.