He [the cat] wound himself around her legs, purring the purr of ardent desire like a kettle coming to a boil and then bubbling very fast.

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.

Reason is in fact the path to faith, and faith takes over when reason can say no more.

Dont turn your face all the stars are out longing you.

You can victoriously overcome any situation by faith and hope.

Grace draws a circle around everyone and says they're in.

Composers combine notes, that's all.

When I left Ohio when I was 17 and ended up in New York and realised that not all films had the giant crab monsters in them, it really opened up a lot of things for me.

The language fictional characters use is chosen for effect, at least if the author is concentrating.

If you can do something with your eyes closed, it is time to try something new.

Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing.

Nor is it strange That after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same