For any writer who wants to keep a journal, be alive to everything, not just to what you're feeling, but also to your pets, to flowers, to what you're reading.

We are all jellyfish, too pitiful and too afraid of being disliked to be honest.

Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.

Without darkness, nothing comes to birth, As without light, nothing flowers.

What is destructive is impatience, haste, expecting too much too fast.

We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.

The minute one utters a certainty, the opposite comes to mind.

The most valuable thing we can do for the psyche, occasionally, is to let it rest, wander, live in the changing light of room, not try to be or do anything whatever.

There are some griefs so loud/They could bring down the sky/And there are griefs so still/None knows how deep they lie.

A house that does not have one warm, comfy chair in it is soulless.

It is, I assume, quite easy to wither into old age, and hard to grow into it.

Love consists of not looking each other in the eye, but of looking outwardly in the same direction.

I was always able to descend the uphills of my life faster than I could ascend its downhills.‬

Books have a life. They breathe. When you write a book, it grows and changes. You learn from your characters after you create them. They come from you and you become them.

You Are Hard-Wired For The Kingdom

I've never heard my dad say a bad word about anybody. He always keeps his emotions in check and is a true gentleman. I was taught that losing it was indulgent, a selfish act.

Maybe forced retirement isn't necessary after all.

Music should be like making love. Sometimes you want it soft and tender, another time you want it hard and aggressive.

I'm not going to pass out—” He cut her off with a kiss. “If you did, I'd catch you.

There's no way to explain, but all the pleasure is worth all the pain.

Being impeccable with your word is the correct use of your energy; it means to use your energy in the direction of truth and love for yourself.