Lost time is like a run in a stocking. It always gets worse.

The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere.

It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.

By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class.

The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach - waiting for a gift from the sea.

Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.

I feel we are all islands - in a common sea.

A simple enough pleasure, surely, to have breakfast alone with one's husband, but how seldom married people in the midst of life achieve it.

My passport photo is one of the most remarkable photographs I have ever seen- no retouching, no shadows, no flattery-just stark me.

When I cannot write a poem, I bake biscuits and feel just as pleased.

Don't wish me happiness - I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor - I will need them all.

Passive-Aggressive behavior consumes unnecessary time and resources. Say what you mean, let's resolve the issue, and move on to more productive tasks.

Authenticity reduces stress and produces faith in oneself and in the potential to grow and learn.

There should be marches in every neighborhood every day telling the people about the negativity of drugs and how the drugs help us to behave negatively.

I'm a painter, I'm an artist. I take things too far sometimes. I really need some comfort.

When the young woman leans over the sky, about to water the flowers as well as the weeds, her white front splits open until her milk runs.

Most true points are fine points. There never was a dispute between mortals where both sides hadn't a bit of right.

The vessel of Revolution can arrive at port only on a sea reddened by torrents of blood.

The main thing that 99designs is about is choice. Its a fantastic model that eliminates risk for small business owners and puts designers on equal footing.

The only place where poverty should be is in museums.

To love is to know the sacrifices which eternity exacts from life.