Love, Michael Garrett Marino

A love affair with knowledge will never end in heartbreak.

- Michael Garrett Marino

Winter, William Shakespeare

Blow, blow, thou winter wind. Thou art not so unkind, As man's ingratitude.

- William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Beauty, Spanish Proverb

The more a woman admires her face, the more she ruins her house.

- Spanish Proverb

Japan, Qin Gang (秦剛)

The essence of Japanese leaders' visits to the Yasukuni shrine is to beautify Japan's history of militaristic aggression and colonial rule. It is an attempt to overturn international society's just ruling on Japan's militarism and to challenge the results of World War II and the post-war international order.

- Qin Gang (秦剛), Beijing's foreign ministry spokesman, immediately after Abe's visit to the shrine (
Dec 26, 2013)

Writings, James Dickey

A poet is someone who stands outside in the rain hoping to be struck by lightning.

- James Dickey (1923-1997)

Advice, Ralph Waldo Emerson

Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

Beauty, Christopher Paolini

Her sculptured face was as perfect as a painting.

― Christopher Paolini (1983- ), Eragon and Eldest