Gardening is ultimately a folly whose goal is to provide delight.

Life is messy and gloriously imperfect, and some signs of wear and tear indicate a well-loved, well-used home.

The point of decorating, as far as I can tell, is to create the background for the best life you can have.

Style is luxury, and luxury is simply what makes you happy.

Our home tells a story about us, so we may as well take the opportunity to make it a stylish one.

The best relationships are between two people who care more about each other's good than their own momentary pleasure.

If a fear cannot be articulated, it can't be conquered.

Shine as if you are the sun.

Memories mean more to me than dresses.

We roared. We were one big animal throat, roaring.

Few of us have the necessary unselfishness to hear with gladness the talents of others extolled or to listen with patience to the successes of those whom we despise—Vivian

Even Socrates, who lived a very frugal and simple life, loved to go to the market. When his students asked about this, he replied, "I love to go and see all the things I am happy without.

Thought is not a gift to man but a laborious, precarious and volatile acquisition.

Everyone spends their lives trying to balance their world between good and evil.

I get turned on by the idea of an essence - finding the essence of the thing.