"Well I'm not a storyteller, as far as telling stories which relate to experiences in my own life. That's not what I do. I write songs which have a narrative and attempt to make sense and tell a story - sure! But whenever I hear the word "storyteller" I think of a children's musician."

“Yes, I see that you are behaving like a prince but that doesn't mean you won't behave like a devil at the first opportunity.”

Source : Deborah Harkness (2011). “A Discovery of Witches: A Novel”, p.208, Penguin

“You must go to God's Word to know what is true about yourself.”

“It is because the old have forgotten life that they preach wisdom.”

Source : Philip Moeller (1918). “Five Somewhat Historical Plays”

“I can't get married. I can't fake sleep for 30 years.”

“One must let the play happen to one; one must let the mind loose to respond as it will, to receive impressions, to sense rather than know, to gather rather than immediately understand.”

Source : National Observer, April 05, 1965.

“Surfers are members of a different race of people from the man in the street”

“The realization of ignorance is the first act of knowing.”

Source : Jean Toomer (2003). “The Uncollected Works of American Author Jean Toomer, 1894-1967”, Edwin Mellen Press

“The conclusion of design flows naturally from the data; we should not shrink from it; we should embrace it and build on it.”