I waitwith silent passionfor one gestureone glancefrom you

In the silence of loveyou will find the spark of life

My wails of sorroware tormenting my soul

Fix your eyes on what you believe and not what you see.

Well, you know that old saying, “Keep your friends close and make out with your enemies.

I was 46 when 'Cold Mountain' came out. I was settled. We had a nice house in Raleigh and a horse farm.

Celine Dion is my major inspiration.

Schopenhauer has analysed the pessimism that characterize modern thought, but Hamlet invented it

I play music a lot but on my own mostly, so it was nice to be around other people. There was a certain sense a relief in the physical act of just playing and being with other musicians.

Each day offers us the gift of being a special occasion if we can simply learn that as well as giving, it is blessed to receive with grace and a grateful heart.

...he will go to his grave feeling cheated, never realizing that there isn't much difference between one woman and the other, that it is the loving that creates the difference.

I used to think about giving my life up for things, but I didn't understand what 'giving your life' really was until it was right there, about to be taken from me

Every garden-maker should be an artist along his own lines. That is the only possible way to create a garden, irrespective of size or wealth.