"Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments."

“I would not live alway; I ask not to stay Where storm after storm rises dark o'er the way.”

Source : William Augustus Muhlenberg (1871). “"I Would Not Live Alway."”, p.16

“I'd once read somewhere that is takes about half as long to recover from a deep relationship as the relationship lasted.”

“Enthusiasm for the universe, in knowing as well as in creating, also answers the question of doubt and meaninglessness. Doubt is the necessary tool of knowledge. And meaninglessness is no threat so long as enthusiasm for the universe and for man as its center is alive.”

“We only get one life. Wasting someone's time is the subtlest form of murder.”

Source : "Attention, men: don't be a creepy dude who pesters women in coffee shops and on the subway" by Lindy West, www.theguardian.com. October 21, 2014.

“My favorite movie of all time is probably 'Apocalypse Now.'”

“The purple light or glow, which appears roughly fifteen or twenty minutes after sunset... looks like an isolated bright spot fairly high in the sky over the place the sun has set, and then it quickly expands and sinks until it blends with the colors underneath.”

“But one, the lofty follower of the Sun, Sad when he sets, shuts up her yellow leaves Drooping all night; and, when he warm returns, Points her enamoured bosom to his ray.”

“I just want to be more regular.”