Oh, never and forever aren't for mortals, love. But we won't be parted till I know it's right that we part.

In our loss and fear we craved the acts of religion, the ceremonies that allow us to admit our helplessness, our dependence on the great forces we do not understand.

Without war there are no heroes.""What harm would that be?""Oh, Lavinia, what a woman's question that is.

There's a saying, " Aeneas said: "Keep an eye on Greeks when they offer gifts." He spoke wryly. "Horses, particularly.

It is not death that allows us to understand each other, but poetry.

Not even need and love can defeat fate...

Homeschooling is not a race ... You will not get behind, nor do you have to live with guilt that you feel the need to catch up.

You must endure

What good is a path that doesn’t carry us to the edge of our capacity and then beyond that place? A true calling involves a great exposure before it can become a genuine refuge.

There are selections so acute that they come to define a place, with the result that we can no longer travel through that landscape without being reminded of what a great artist noticed there.

One is always in the dark about one's own personality. One needs others to get to know oneself.

Enthusiasm cannot be a continuous state. It comes in waves.

No people are more conceited than those who depict their own feelings, especially if they happen to have a little prose at their command for the occasion.

People will work eight hours a day for pay, 10 hours a day for a good boss, and 24 hours a day for a good cause!

True words seem false.

I don't think I spoil my kids, I'm fairly responsible.