Here and there on the branch of an oak a congress of leaves still clung, rigid as flakes of bronze.

But one had to go back to the beginning of things, always. Trace the thread of life - find the knot - untangle it.

The lush green of the fields became a rich gold that swayed sturdily under the wind and fell at last before the hands of the reapers.

it was a sly trick of God's to give a man work to do - it kept him from asking questions that God couldn't answer.

I don't see as it matters much how well you mean if it's harm you're doin'.

By mid-morning a rain as fine as silk spills was weaving over the lake.

A false vision was better than none.

Ah, life, life, how madly, how cruelly it raced along your pulses!

There was nothing so real on the prairie as winter, nothing so memorable.

There is too much doing - too little being! When we begin to get strenuous, life begins to grow intolerable.

Time, designing slowly, swiftly; Time, destroying slowly, swiftly; Time holding, possessing the earth in its tender indifference.

Unlike temporal leadership, in which violence and death often proliferate, Christ’s rule signifies reunion between predator and prey, malefactors and innocents.

When people are not passionate about their goals, everything is more of a struggle.

Life is short..Live to the fullest..

If we start talking about we and us, just think of how many things can actually take place and change in the world.

Silence is a statement that is open to gross misinterpretation.

All a writer wants is to be read, and people are so flattering and lovely. I mean, there are witches out there as well. But most are so kind.

Start with the belief that your life can indeed be changed, and that you have the power to change it.

Ocean privilege does not exist anymore. The world is small. We cannot rely on distance anymore.

Klonopin - more deadly than coke