"Let us recognize the beauty and power of true enthusiasm; and whatever we may do to enlighten ourselves and others, guard against checking or chilling a single earnest sentiment."

“In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet.”

“Children bring their own love with them when they come.”

Source : Jean Ingelow (1874). “The Poetical Works of Jean Ingelow”, p.17

“I wonder who's kissing her now, Wonder who's teaching her how.”

Source : "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now" (song) (1909). Coauthored withWill M. Hough.

“Today, not a numerous, but an active part of the German people are beginning to realize, not that they have been led astray, not that bad times await them, not that the war may end in defeat, but that what is happening is sin and that they are personally responsible for each terrible deed that has been committed - naturally, not in the earthly sense, but as Christians.”

“On the one hand, rock is so predictable, but at the same time, the basic idea that an artist can cut through everything and make something that they believe in or make something that they love or speaks to them personally, that it can cut through the bullshit. But at the same time, the cliches of sincerity can kill that.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com

“Refuse to accept the narrative of history laid down by presidents, prime ministers, generals and journalists.”

“I look upon the pleasure which we take in a garden as one of the most innocent delights in human life. . . It gives us a great insight into the contrivance and wisdom of Nature, and suggests innumerable subjects for meditation.”

“Don't make a big distinction between fiction and non-fiction. These are arbitrary distinctions...”