By necessity practical and by philosophy stern, these folk were not beautiful in their sins.

There is something about just setting the pen to paper that lifts me and helps to focus my energy and thoughts.

When you meet a person as good-hearted as a child, don't ever be selfish, just give them your best and you will become great friends.

Is kissing you generally considered a joyful affair?" -

Ciara, there are certain things a man does not ask of a lady.""You are not asking.""Aye.

I still believe in abstraction, but now I know that one ends with abstraction, not starts with it

Keep your talent in the dark and you'll never be insulted.

Everything I do is a direct creation of my hands, whether it is made in wood, plaster or clay.

Grief seems at first to destroy not just all patterns, but also to destroy a belief that a pattern exists.

Mexico is a safe, as well as a beautiful and warmly gracious, place to visit.

Learn to admire rightly; the great pleasure of life is that. Note what the great men admired; they admired great things; narrow spirits admire basely, and worship meanly.