"To live is to dream, and to dream pleasantly, is to be wise."

"And the true realism, always and everywhere, is that of poets: to find out where joy resides and to give it a voice far beyond singing. For to miss the joy is to miss all."

"Love is not merely a sentiment, it is an art."

“Cynics are only happy in making the world as barren to others as they have made it for themselves.”

"When you're bereft of imagination, you're condemned to underestimate, and consequently devalue, everything around you, including yourself."

"There is nothing the body suffers which the soul may not profit by."