Everything today has been heavy and brown. Bring me a Unicorn to ride about the town.

The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere.

It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.

By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class.

The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach - waiting for a gift from the sea.

Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.

I feel we are all islands - in a common sea.

A simple enough pleasure, surely, to have breakfast alone with one's husband, but how seldom married people in the midst of life achieve it.

My passport photo is one of the most remarkable photographs I have ever seen- no retouching, no shadows, no flattery-just stark me.

When I cannot write a poem, I bake biscuits and feel just as pleased.

Don't wish me happiness - I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor - I will need them all.

The hardest thing about the road not taken is that you never know where it might have led.

It's hard not to feel happy when you make someone smile.

To be calm and compassionate you need courage and conviction.

Never wear a shoe that doesn't fits you.

All human eyes have longing in them.

A man who gives a good account of himself is probably lying, since any life when viewed from the inside is simply a series of defeats.

I am very passionate about non-toxic food and beauty and home.

Nothing spoils a good story like the arrival of an eyewitness.

God hates loneliness, and community is God's answer to loneliness. When we walk alongside other people, we find a community where we learn how to love.

Music is magic. Music does s**t that money could never do. Music unites nations and stops wars.