It's certain there are trout somewhere - And maybe I shall take a trout - but I do not seem to care.

Florence Farr once said to me, If we could say to ourselves, with sincerity, 'this passing moment is as good as any I shall ever know,' we could die upon the instant and be united with God.

Once out of nature I shall never take My bodily form from any natural thing, But such a form as Grecian goldsmiths make Of hammered gold and gold enameling To keep a drowsy Emperor awake; Or set upon a golden bough to sing To lords and ladies of Byzantium Of what is past, or passing, or to come.

The problem wiv some blokes is that wen they ain't drunk, they're sober.

Things fall apart; the center cannot hold.

Take, if you must, this little bag of dreams, Unloose the cord, and they will wrap you round.

I whispered, 'I am too young,' and then, 'I am old enough'; wherefore I threw a penny to find out if I might love.