Getting up early and feeling awake was the one skill he had never truly perfected - he got up, of course, but it never felt natural.

They probably think the sun won't come up unless you're there to allow it.

I sing about life. I am happy, but life is sad.

It was something, what must go through men's mind where women were concerned, to cause them to behave so strangely.

You should marry me", he said. "I will be good to you. I am not like these men. I have manners. You would see how kind I would be. I would never leave you. You could have an easy life.

He liked to get off by himself, a mile or so from camp, and listen to the country, not the men.

It was something he had always done - moved apart, so he could be alone and think things or a little.

He ought to let the past keep its glow and not try to mix it with what he had in the present.

It's funny, leaving a place, ain't it?" he said. "You never do know when you'll get back.

It's just that it's fearsome for a man to have a woman start thinking right in front of him. It always leads to trouble.

The crimes the law can understand are not the worst crimes.

My heart pulses with love. I am open to its healing and joyful effects.

Our town carves up and spits out a few seeds each year. We all approach autumn with dread because nobody wants to be a seed.

I cannot suggest political ways out, that is the task of politicians, so it is simply that those who accuse me of this do not know how to read.

Qualities not regulated run into their opposites. Economy before competence is meanness after it. Therefore economy is for the poor; the rich may dispense with it.

You do have an effect on the universe. If you think positive thoughts, if you are happy and progressive, then that energy affects everyone on the whole planet, in subtle ways, perhaps, but it does.

The ability to communicate is critical- clearly, frankly, and often.

The spine should be empty so that energy moves up and down. I always felt this way as a child.

The key to teamwork is to learn a role, accept a role, and strive to become excellent playing it.

True art lies in a reality that is felt.

You can be a top, top player for 10, 20 years, then you become a coach, lose two or three games and you're out.