Let's not have forced gaiety this Christmas, said Nora, like it was a dish. We'll have a tiny bit of it, I said.

Tina nods sagely and says yes and then something in Plautdietsch, probably something like heck yeah do we ever know what sad is. Sadness is what holds our bones in place.

If someone does not want me it is not the end of the world. But if I do not want me, the world is nothing but endings.

I need to make sense of it - to understand how I could care this much and why I can’t let go…

What is man's ultimate direction in life? It is to look for love, truth, virtue, and beauty.

It's important to have balance in your life between work and play.

There is always a prepared place for a prepared person.

Give the child good books, then let it alone! Don't plough and harrow its brain, or stretch it on Procrustes-beds of standardization, simplification, and what not!

Timeless and versatile, Toasted Almond is an organic shade that speaks to authenticity and all that is natural.

Shakespeare will never be made by the study of Shakespeare.

Prayer is not flight, prayer is power. Prayer does not deliver a man from some terrible situation; prayer enables a man to face and to master the situation.