The truly free man is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.

If one were to build the house of happiness, the largest space would be the waiting room.

For whether a place is a heaven or a hell rests in yourself, and those who go with courage may find themselves in paradise.

The beauty of the soul

Life is a sewer and we are all but swimmers within it. Smart people do the backstroke. (In other words you gotta have a giggle.)

'Vegetarian' is a slippery word. I don't eat cheese, I don't eat duck - the point is I'm vegan.

A family is a burial mound of its own doings and sayings.

If you would like to live in a community in which you may have pride, then dedicate yourself in a spirit of humility and your responsibilities in that community.

Hide me from day's garish eye, While the bee with honied thigh, That at her flowery work doth sing, And the waters murmuring With such consort as they keep, Entice the dewy-feathered sleep.

I don't have much interest in writing if there are not opportunities to crack open the inherited forms. The writing I love to read most does this as well. I'm a form junkie.

God, what pathetic creatures had inherited the earth, to walk a little while with their eyes upon the stars and turn their gaze too soon upon the ground that held their feet!

Everywhere in my house are these little things that have meanings and make me think of great memories.