Never plan a picnic' Father said. 'Plan a dinner, yes, or a house, or a budget, or an appointment with the dentist, but never, never plan a picnic.

a certain red cardinal sounded like a little bottle being filled up, up, up with some clear liquid.

Self-pity is the hens' besetting sin, " remarked Mr. Payton. "Foolish fowl. How they came to achieve anything as perfect as the egg I do not know! I cannot fathom.

Already he knew that to overdo a thing is to destroy it.

By lunchtime the valley was lightly coated, like a cake with confectioner's sugar...there was white fur on the antlers of the iron deer and on the melancholy boughs of the Norway spruce.

Name your intention.

There are those whose love awakens our own and those whose love undermines. As long as we are blind to this fact, true love will elude us.

It's easy to be generous with money. Far harder to be generous with your time.

In mathematics, the art of asking questions is more valuable than solving problems.

People don't talk to me on airplanes.

I know of no more sacred duty than to rear and educate a child.

with your name on my mouth and a kiss that never broke away from yours.

I married Miss Right. I just didn't know her first name was Always

Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet

Reaction - a boat which is going against the current but which does not prevent the river from flowing on.