Woe to the dupe that yields to Fate!

Your love Should never be offered to the mouth of a Stranger, Only to someone Who has the valor and daring To cut pieces of their soul off with a knife Then weave them into a blanket To protect you.

Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive.

I once asked a bird, how is it that you fly in this gravity of darkness? She responded, 'love lifts me.'

I wish I could show you...the astonishing light of your own being.

Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions.

I am in love with every church And mosque And temple And any kind of shrine Because I know it is there That people say the different names Of the One God.

Your heart and my heart are very, very old friends.

Be kind to your sleeping heart. Take it out into the vast fields of light...And let it breathe.

This place where you are right now, God circled on a map for you.

You yourself are your own obstacle, rise above yourself.

Spending time with the ones who are dear to you is like being in a dream, is it not?

Michael Ende + Petra HermansThere is joy of life.AmenNovember 20, 2016

It will be the kiss by which all others in your life will be judged... and found wanting.

Good sports facilities are a blessing.

Some versions of patriotism come close to the tribal, which we all want to surpass, and some don't.

No matter how bad things are, you can at least be happy that you woke up this morning. D.

Welcome, maids of honor, You doe bring In the spring, And wait upon her.

Don't worry what others are doing. Do you!

Each show comes with its own set of problems to work through.

I don't think of myself as being tied.