If there's anythin' on earth that can be more tryin' than any kind of relative, I don't know what it is, but relatives by marriage comes first - easy.

Love is an orchid which thrives principally on hot air.

Impermanence is the very essence of joy-the drop of bitterness that enables one to perceive the sweet.

each separate flower has a magic all its own.

I've always thought my flowers had souls.

Silence always gives consent.

When we come to the sundown road, we need all the love we have managed to take with us from the summit of the hill.

A letter has distinct advantages. You can say all you want to say before the other person has a chance to put in a word.

Married and unmarried women waste a great deal of time in feeling sorry for each other.

The things that are ours cannot be given away, or taken away, or lost. We break our hearts, all of us, trying to keep things that do not belong to us — and to which we have no right.

Heart-aches are forgotten, tears lose their bitterness, and like a leaf of lavendar in a store of linen, so does Memory make life sweet.

Only someone who cares could fake not caring so well.

As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.

John Locke invented common sense, and only Englishmen have had it ever since!

Dig -- the mostly uncouth -- language of grace.

Nothing important happens in life without a cost.

In order to win, you must be fully charged. To be fully charged, you must have gas in your tank.

I speak of that learning which wakes us acquainted with the boundless extent of nature, and the universe, and which even while we remain in this world, discovers to us both heaven, earth, and sea.

All this machinery making modern music can still be open-hearted. Not so boldly charted, it's really just a question of your honesty.

All this angst, all this stuff we all feel, is just tied to making art. It's so ancient.

Winning Strategists are certain of triumph before seeking a challenge. Losing Strategists are certain to challenge before seeking a triumph.