All is pattern, all life, but we can't always see the pattern when we're part of it.

How helpless we are, like netted birds, when we are caught by desire!

... wore sorrow and anger like a worn-out coat and would not throw it away.

Oh, lovely Europe, your flowers and your wine, your bread, your music.

Danger hides in beauty and beauty in danger.

I stand and listen to people speaking french in the stores and in the street. It's such a pert, crisp language, elegant as ruffling taffeta.

It was unwise to plan too carefully. It took only one great failure to learn that lesson.

The past is always tense, the future perfect.

We want to care most about what Jesus cares most about.

Everyone encounters trials and tribulations, No choices, so face it! Live with it! Fight for it!

He laughed and the others laughed with him, except Babe, who resented slightly that what he felt so deeply could be reduced to a humor.

If you are saying the same thing as everyone else, then why would and why should anyone think you are different from everyone else?

I'm not a lyric writer to make statements. What I enjoy doing is making paintings with lyrics, creating colorful images. I think that's more what entertainment and music should be.

Take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.

The first loss is the best loss.

Malice is always authentic and sincere.