Money may not be your best friend, but it's the quickest to act, and seems to be favorably recognized in more places than most friends are.

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.

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.

the heavens raped from our misuse of love

My personal style falls between casual cool and meticulous slob. I'm most comfortable in jeans, but I love fashion.

When I turn the thought around - the thought that war, let's say war in Iraq, should stop - the turnaround is the war in myself should stop.

My friends know that I have a silly sense of humour and I can be a little vulgar at times - but just with people that I am close to.

The man who says his evening prayer is a captain posting his sentinels. He can sleep.

There's a physicality and confidence to Americans; they're very present. That's something I enjoy being around because it rubs off on you.

We're supposed to be the people who make culture, not decorate culture.

Mother Nature is a relentless ruthless killer. She don't give a damn if you get home to your family.

I have an electric Fender and a Telecaster. I have a Taylor and a Martin. I want to get more guitars for more sounds.