Rivers perhaps are the only physical features of the world that are at their best from the air.

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.

If you don’t know what you value in life, then you won’t be able to make any meaningful decisions you can live with in the future.

Beautiful and alluring things of the world always fascinate us, and there is no way to have them unless we are beautiful.

Crisis is what suppressed pain looks like

You're building a tool, not a piece of art. Don't be blinded by the vision.

Witch-hunts are always spooked by women's horrifying sexuality awakened by the superstud Devil.

That's the van? It looks like a rotting banana." This was undeniable - Eric had painted the van a neon shade of yellow, and it was blotched with dings and rust like splotches of decay.

I promised to keep on going but maybe keep on going means coming back first.

Make your smile cheaper and anger expensive!

I fall in love with almost every person I photograph. I want to hear their stories. I want to get close. This is personal for me.

My courses do not intimidate. Instead, they encourage the player to play well and become more open to the enjoyable aspects of the game.