Mediocrity inspires neither great love nor hate.

You never read about the real pain. It lives where no word can travel.

I would rather have an inferiority complex and be pleasantly surprised, than have a superiority complex and be rudely awakened.

Language achieves soul only when it's applied as a tool, used by those who imbue it with what they have had the courage and honesty to perceive and feel.

Gifts have ribbons, not strings.

To paraphrase the great poet Dante, the heavens swirl above us and our eyes are still cast to the ground.

The height of mediocrity is still low.