It seems to me there are no rules, only instances; but perhaps that is because I learned no rules, and am only an instance myself.

Morning has broken Like the first morning. Blackbird has spoken Like the first bird.

It always gives me a shiver when I see a cat seeing what I can't see.

All the ill that is in us comes from fear, and all the good from love.

We do not lose our friends when they die, we only lose sight of them.

The events of childhood do not pass but repeat themselves like seasons of the year.

Upon your shattered ruins where, This vine will flourish still, as rare, As fresh, as fragrant as of old. Love will not crumble.

No love-story has ever been told twice. I never heard any tale of lovers that did not seem to me as new as the world on its first morning.

Cats sleep Anywhere, Any table, Any chair, Top of piano, Window-ledge, In the middle, On the edge.

He bent his head and kissed her long and deeply, and in that kiss neither knew themselves, or even each other, but something beyond all consciousness that was both of them.

In love there are no penalties and no payments, and what is given is indistinguishable from what is received.

The practice of mindfulness is nothing more than focusing on the current moment.

We especially need imagination in science.

I use so much of myself in everything I do. I think every actor does because you have no one else to go to but yourself and your own imagination.

I'll not punish you for having an imagination.

One of the distinguishing characteristics of the true work of art is that it is able to both contain and express different meanings - meanings which may in fact contradict each other.

An actor is never so great as when he reminds you of an animal - falling like a cat, lying like a dog, moving like a fox.

College professors have two bad traits. They are logical and they are easily flattered.

I'm a modern girl, but you should put your husband first. I like to think divorce is not an option.

The finest and noblest ground on which people can live is truth; the real with the real; a ground on which nothing is assumed.

A lot of companies have lots of assets tied up in plant and equipment. Well, is it old plant, or is it new plant?