A new planting is like having another child, requiring patience and sacrifice and a resounding optimism for the future

In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine

I love dipping into dreams and sinuously sinking into sleep. It's the freest place to be. The possibilities are limitless and my imagination becomes a weightless wonder.

When he found a very valuable pearl, he went and sold everything he had and bought it

When men and women produce a baby together for the first time, it's an absolute festival of mutual incompetence.From The Wife Drought

Family jokes though rightly cursed by strangers are the bond that keeps most families alive.

I used to be snow-white . . . but I drifted.

I'm interested in things that change the world or that affect the future and wondrous, new technology where you see it, and you're like, 'Wow, how did that even happen? How is that possible?'

Of all faults the one she most despised in others was the want of bravery; the meanness of heart which leads to untruth.

At the end of the day, you're responsible for yourself and your actions and that's all you can control. So rather than be frustrated with what you can't control, try to fix the things you can.

This is how philosophers should salute each other: ‘Take your time.