Whatever you do, do it to the purpose; do it thoroughly, not superficially. Go to the bottom of things. Any thing half done, or half known, is in my mind, neither done nor known at all. Nay, worse, for it often misleads.
He who laughs, lasts!
I write because I'm afraid to say some things out loud.
Sometimes love will pick you up by the short hairs...and jerk the heck out of you.
The price one pays for pursuing any profession or calling is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side.
All movements go too far.
O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet.