To forget a friend is sad. Not everyone has had a friend.

A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.

You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.

I have lived a great deal among grown-ups. I have seen them intimately, close at hand. And that hasn’t much improved my opinion of them.

But the conceited man did not hear him. Conceited people never hear anything but praise.

It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.

Well, I must endure the presence of a few caterpillars if I wish to become acquainted with the butterflies.

Sometimes, there is no harm in putting off a piece of work until another day.

The only things you learn are the things you tame

I did not know how to reach him, how to catch up with him... The land of tears is so mysterious.

When someone blushes, doesn't that mean 'yes'?

Oh my dear from a distant fantasy land! I love to be in your dreams as a fairy of love with wings of flowers and golden glowing flowing hair.

The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin.

Only the shallow know themselves.

If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you'll never enjoy the sunshine.

Come find me," Leo put in, his gaze full of understanding. "Whenever you want. I'll be here.

Willows whiten, aspens quiver, Little breezes dusk and shiver.

The older I got, the smarter my teachers became.

When we are in a situation where Jesus is all we have, we soon discover He is all we really need.

In the end maybe what marriage offered was the determination of one's burial site.

The gods need heroes. They always have.