The fact that he and she understood each other without a word seemed to bring them nearer than any explanation would have done.

There are two ways of spreading light: to be The candle or the mirror that reflects it.

The desire for symmetry, for balance, for rhythm in form as well as in sound, is one of the most inveterate of human instincts.

To visit Morocco is still like turning the pages of some illuminated Persian manuscript all embroidered with bright shapes and subtle lines.

One can remain alive ... if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity interested in big things and happy in small ways.

If only we'd stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time.

The real loneliness is living among all these kind people who only ask one to pretend!

Nothing is more perplexing to a man than the mental process of a woman who reasons her emotions.

One of the great things about travel is you find out how many good, kind people there are.

Set wide the window. Let me drink the day.

Life is always either; a tight -rope or a feather-bed . — Give me the tightrope.

Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, but sometimes the trial of extraordinary graces.

Honey, when you say we can't communicate... what exactly do you mean?

Even as I hold you, I am letting you go.

I mean, a male chauvinist pig isn't born, he's made, and more and more of them are being made by women.

Have dreams/goals and never quit working toward achieving them.

Better to be quirky alone than unhappy together.

When an actor marries an actress they both fight for the mirror.

You had to pick up a landline to make sure your best friend wore a matching outfit to school. I do remember people talking more. Nostalgia is dangerous, though.

The end of life is not to be happy, nor to achieve pleasure and avoid pain, but to do the will of God, come what may.

I didn't really decide that I wanted to be an astronaut for sure until the end of college.