Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.

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Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board.

Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board.

Nothing that God ever made is the same thing to more than one person. That...

Nothing that God ever made is the same thing to more than one person. That...

There is something about poverty that smells like death.

There is something about poverty that smells like death.

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place

I regret all of my books.

I regret all of my books.

It's no use of talking unless people understand what you say.

It's no use of talking unless people understand what you say.

Gods always behave like the people who make them.

Gods always behave like the people who make them.

I did not just fall in love. I made a parachute jump.

I did not just fall in love. I made a parachute jump.

Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear.

Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear.

I do not weep at the world I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.

I do not weep at the world I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.

If you want that good feeling that comes from doing things for other folks then...

If you want that good feeling that comes from doing things for other folks then...

The present was an egg laid by the past that had the future inside its...

The present was an egg laid by the past that had the future inside its...

No matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you.

No matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you.

Anybody depending on somebody else's gods is depending on a fox not to eat chickens.

Anybody depending on somebody else's gods is depending on a fox not to eat chickens.

Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes...

Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes...

There are years that ask questions and years that answer.

There are years that ask questions and years that answer.

Love, I find, is like singing. Everybody can do enough to satisfy themselves, though it...

Love, I find, is like singing. Everybody can do enough to satisfy themselves, though it...

There is a woman who spent her life loving that evil creature: she died. I'm...

There is a woman who spent her life loving that evil creature: she died. I'm...

If I love you Wednesday, What is that to you? I do not love you...

If I love you Wednesday, What is that to you? I do not love you...

As the rest of the world is walking out the door, your best friend's are...

As the rest of the world is walking out the door, your best friend's are...

A heart in love with beauty never grows old

A heart in love with beauty never grows old