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Yet, for my part, I was never usually squeamish; I could sometimes eat a fried rat with a good relish, if it were necessary. I am glad to have drunk water so long, for the same reason that I prefer the natural sky to an opium-eater's heaven. I would fain keep sober always; and there are infinite degrees of drunkenness. I believe that water is the only drink for a wise man; wine is not so noble a liquor; and think of dashing the hopes of a morning with a cup of warm coffee, or of an evening with a dish of tea! Ah, how low I fail when I am tempted by them! Even music may be intoxicating. Such apparently slight causes destroyed Greece and Rome, and will destroy England and America. Of all ebriosity, who does not prefer to be intoxicated by the air he breathes? — Henry David Thoreau

How can one take delight in the world unless one flees to it for refuge? — Franz Kafka

When sages commend excess, Desire is sick. — Mason Cooley

What I learn today I shall know forever. Whether or not I remember that I know it is a different story. — Richelle E. Goodrich

I'm a fast learner. I may not run as fast as I used to, but I think I still learn as fast. — Carl Lewis

There is not enough interest in life to spread over twenty-four hours when one can't sleep. — Madame De Stael

In some lights they were hardly there at all, just visible as a drifting quality in the light, a rhythmic evanescence, like veils of transparency turning before a mirror. — Philip Pullman

On February 7, 2.2 million Haitians went to the polls and exercised their constitutional right to select a leader. They went by foot, by tap tap and other forms of transportation, traveling hours and standing in line for almost a day to get to their polling places. — Mark Foley