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.

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.

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.

Three things I have longed to see ... The sea serpent, a white rhinoceros, and an unselfish man.

Peace will only come about through understanding and a relevant education.

Girls are obsessed with beauty. They make this world beautiful, by being beautiful.

Be not curious in unnecessary matters: for more things are shewed unto thee than men understand.

A man may do worse than make what the world calls a not wholly happy marriage.

Oh, what a love it was, utterly free, unique, like nothing else on earth! Their thoughts were like other people's songs.

Marriage is something that should be tried at least once. It's educational.

For me I look at a group like Queen or AC/DC or the Beastie Boys. There was melody within what they did. There was a certain style with what they did. I think it is coming back.

A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer's judgment.

I have a tendency to make my partner my everything and that is unfair and it doesn't end up working out because you can't rely on that one person to fulfill all of your needs emotionally.

Bad debt is sacrificing your future day needs for your present day desires.