How can a young man like to wear a beard?

The family - that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor, in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to.

I have found that sitting in a place where you have never sat before can be inspiring.

Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression.

Time takes the ugliness and horror out of death and turns it into beauty.

What is it about the English countryside — why is the beauty so much more than visual? Why does it touch one so?

Contemplation seems to be about the only luxury that costs nothing.

It's a beautiful sight to see good dancers doing simple steps. It's a painful sight to see beginners doing complicated patterns.

Ham with mustard is a meal of glory

Like many other much-loved humans, they believed that they owned their dogs, instead of realizing that their dogs owned them.

I suppose the best kind of spring morning is the best weather God has to offer.

I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the Heart's affections and the truth of the Imagination.

Compete like you cannot fail.

Everyday Sun shines for new Experiences

I think most astronauts are not risk takers. We take calculated risks for something that we think is worthwhile.

We must ask where we are and whither we are tending.

My writing process has changed because it's harder to find uninterrupted time.

Criticism often takes from the tree caterpillars and blossoms together.

Sometimes I can feel my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I'm not living.

Charlie Sheen is who again? Denise is engaged?

Whenever one writes a book one should have a notional reader in mind.