“went into the nearest and humblest inn which first met my gaze.”

They would only drive him to even greater despair.

After a prosperous, but to me very wearisome, voyage, we came at last into port.

Because it appears to me a hazardous thing to exchange my soul for my shadow.

In this watering-place I acted an heroic character, badly studied; and being a novice on such a stage,

Hope roves in a future of fame and wealth.

Of what use were wings to a man fast bound in chains of iron?

In pain a new time is born.

When I spoke, I was listened to; and I was at a loss to know how I had so easily acquired the art of commanding attention, and giving the tone to the conversation.

On recovering my senses

In pain is a new time born.

Immediately on landing I got together my few effects; and, squeezing myself through the crowd,

I hastened to quit a place where I hoped there was nothing further to detain me.

I will give you three days to seek your shadow.

A person without a shadow should keep out of the sun, that is the only safe and rational plan.

What use would wings be to a man bound in iron fetters?

All possible means were used by the infatuated parents to conclude the bargain; and deception put an end to these usual artifices.

It can’t accept anything that has been discovered by a contemporary!

Who are always getting things wrong, are much more endearing than comedians who are sassy and smart.

I remember in the Carpenter version, you got acquainted with the characters and really knew them..

Theology is a part of our lives. It’s unavoidable. A thoughtless theology guides our lives with just as much force as a thoughtful and informed one.

That way, it’s not nagging me, things to add to my to-do list.

To live fully, outwardly and inwardly, not to ignore the external reality for the sake of the inner life, or the reverse, that’s quite a task.

Patience often gets the credit that belongs to fatigue.

Time, matter, space – all, it may be, are no more than a point.